People walk past a COP29 sign in front of the COP29 headquarters in Baku, Azerbaijan on Nov. 5, 2024. Aziz Karimov / Getty Images
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Leaders from some of the world’s major economies, including the European Union, the United States and Brazil, will not be attending the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, this month.
COP29, which will convene from November 11 to 22, is expected to have more than 40,000 delegates in attendance.
European Commission Ursula von der Leyen will not attend the summit to prepare for a second term in office, reported The Guardian. Instead, a team of negotiators, including energy commissioner Kadri Simson and…
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