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Organisers of this year's climate change conference, which starts today in Baku, Azerbaijan, under the acronym COP 29, have not shown much optimism. The stance of the world's second-largest polluter, the United States, on climate protection is uncertain after last week's presidential election. The Americans withdrew from the Paris Climate Agreement during Donald Trump's first presidency and it is expected that they could withdraw from it again during his second presidency. In addition, world leaders still can't agree on financing a green transition in developing countries, which is expected to be a major focus of this year's climate change conference. Rebeka Hengalová, researcher at EUROPEUM Institute, commented for ČRo Plus.
11. November 2024
We can also assume that other industrialized countries, especially China, will speak up and say, when the US will not finance the transition to a modern economy, why should we contribute? Unfortunately, those prospects are not very positive yet, but at the same time, for example, the UK has announced that they would like to lead the negotiations at this year's COP even more precisely in reflection of the fact that the US will no longer be such a strong player and may even withdraw, so we can hope that other countries will come together and unite and be even more proactive.
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