Biden to skip UN climate summit amid Israel-Hamas war: report
By Social Links for Allie Griffin
Published Nov. 26, 2023, 11:02 p.m. ET
President Biden will skip the United Nations climate summit that kicks off Thursday in Dubai amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas, a report said Sunday.
Biden, who just weeks ago called climate change “the ultimate threat to humanity,” will not be among the leaders of nearly 200 countries who will attend the two-week event, known as COP28, a White House official told the New York Times.
The official who asked to remain anonymous to discuss the president’s plans did not provide a reason for his absence, but senior aides told the publication that Biden has been preoccupied with the deadly conflict across Gaza and Israel.
“They’ve got the war in the Middle East and a war in Ukraine, a bunch of things going on,” John Kerry, Biden’s special envoy for climate change, said last week.
Kerry and his team will attend the summit in Biden’s place. Leaders including even King Charles III and Pope Francis are expected to be in attendance.
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