COP28 Has Big Agenda but Won’t Have Biden, Xi
Voice of America
Cars pass by a billboard advertising COP28 at Sheikh Zayed Highway in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 27, 2023. A general view of Expo City and the Al Wall Dome is seen in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 27, 2023. Representatives will gather at Expo City Thursday through Dec. 12 for the 28th U.N. Climate Change Conference, known as COP28. FILE - U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry speaks during an interview with The Associated Press after the G-7 ministers' meeting on climate, energy and environment in Sapporo, Japan, Apr. 16, 2023. FILE - Smoke billows from a coal-fired power plant in Beijing, Nov. 13, 2014.
When world leaders gather in Dubai beginning Thursday for COP28, this year’s U.N. climate summit, the heads of the world’s two largest economies will be notably absent.
FILE - This colorized electron microscope image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in 2024 shows mpox virus particles, orange, found within infected cells, green. (NIAID via AP)
Activists protest in a demonstration at the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit on Nov. 16, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Jake Paul, left, fights Mike Tyson during their heavyweight boxing match on Nov. 15, 2024, in Arlington, Texas.
Climate activists stage a protest inside the COP29 venue to demand a phase out of fossil fuels during the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Baku on Nov. 15, 2024.
A motorist drives past the CHS oil refinery Sept. 28, 2024, in McPherson, Kan. Pumpjacks operate in a milo field, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024, near Hays, Kan.
FILE - Tuvalu, shown in this undated photo, is among Pacific atoll islands threatened with rising sea levels, according to a World Bank study released on Nov. 14, 2024. (Rising Nations Initiative via AP)
FILE - A pumpjack operates at dawn in a pasture, Sept. 30, 2024, near Hays, Kan.
Divers from National Geographic Pristine Seas measure the world’s largest coral colony in the Solomon Islands.
Samantha Harvey poses with the trophy and her book "Orbital" after winning the Booker Prize award 2024, in London, Nov. 12, 2024.
Ninawa Inu Pereira Nunes, President of the Federation of the Huni Kuin indigenous people in Brazil's state of Acre, gives an interview during the United Nations climate change conference COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan November 13, 2024.
FILE - This colorized electron microscope image released by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases on March 26, 2024, shows avian influenza A H5N1 virus particles (yellow), grown in Madin-Darby Canine Kidney epithelial cells (blue).