The source does not provide an explanation, but associates of the president have previously indicated that he is busy with other matters, not least the war in the Gaza Strip.
– They have the war in the Middle East and a war in Ukraine, a lot going on, said Biden’s special climate envoy John Kerry last week when asked about the president’s possible travel plans.
Joe Biden attended the climate summits in Glasgow in 2021 and Sharm el-Sheikh in 2022, and has called climate change “the most serious threat to humanity”. The reactions will be disappointed if he doesn’t show up this year.
Already at the beginning of November, anonymous sources stated for Politico that Biden would skip the summit in Dubai, but no official announcement has yet been made.