The High Stakes of the U.N. Climate Talks

Ambassador André Corrêa do Lago, president of COP30, the United Nations climate talks taking place in Brazil in November, spoke about the challenges of building global consensus on climate policy, particularly with the United States.

Mr. Corrêa do Lago said the energy secretary, Chris Wright, would be welcome at the conference despite the Trump administration’s move to withdraw the United States from the landmark Paris Agreement. “He denies the economics of the fight against climate change,” Mr. Corrêa do Lago said of Mr. Wright.

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