US climate envoy says Trump won’t derail progress as GOP argues for increasing oil and gas production at UN talks
US climate envoy John Podesta delivers a speech on behalf of Joe Biden during day three of Cop29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Wednesday.US climate envoy John Podesta delivers a speech on behalf of Joe Biden during day three of Cop29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Wednesday.
Decarbonization, Markey said, is even taking place in Republican states, thanks to Biden’s green subsidies. “The green revolution is blue and red,” he said.have come to Cop29 with a different message. In a sometimes surreal Saturday press conference where they cracked jokes about US sports teams before an international audience, four Republican members of Congress aggressively argued for increasing oil and gas production; even coal, they argued, should maintain its place in the energy system.
“Inflation has been very difficult on people, and we have to take a realistic look about the types of energy and the innovation for energy freedom throughout the world,” said Pfluger, who is leading the House of Representatives’ delegation to the UN climate summit. “Many countries would say that some of the tenants have actually been a massive competitive disadvantage and have pushed up prices everywhere around the world.
At Saturday’s press conference, Pfluger did indicate that Congress would likely preserve some of its provisions. “If there are pieces of the IRA that help support lowering American energy costs, helping Americans, helping our partners and allies have access to affordable, reliable energy, then I bet that those will stay in place,” Pfluger said.
A key aim for Cop29 negotiators is to establish a new and expanded global goal for climate finance to help poor countries cope with disasters and draw down their emissions. Over the weekend, the White HouseTrump during his first term proposed eliminating the US’s climate finance commitments, but was shot down by the Senate.
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