Joe Biden, Emmanuel Macron and Ursula von der Leyen are among those who do not intend to appear at the UN climate conference COP29, which starts on Monday.
“A waste of time”, thinks Papua New Guinea’s foreign minister.
The theme of this year’s climate meeting is money. During the two weeks that the meeting in Baku in Azerbaijan is taking place, the countries of the world will, among other things, try to agree on a new target for how much money the donor countries should spend per year on climate work.
But now the news is pouring in about heavy world leaders dissing the meeting closely. US President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau do not intend to appear, reports include Euronews.
Ulf Kristersson has previously announced that he will not go, and neither will the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, be there. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is not coming and French President Emmanuel Macron is also abstaining citing the meeting being held in Azerbaijan.
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is also not participating, due to the head injury he suffered after a fall last week.
According to Euronews, leaders from, among others, Japan, Australia, Mexico and India are also missing from the participant list.
COP29 takes place between November 11 and 22.