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Lucia Green-Weiskel, Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science, Trinity College

China’s influence grows at COP29 climate talks as US leadership fades

Huang Runqiu, China's minister of ecology and environment, sits with U.N. climate chief Simon Stiell at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan. AP Photo/Peter Dejong

The 2024 U.N. climate talks ended in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Nov. 24 after two weeks of arguments, agreements and side deals involving 106 heads of states and over 50,000 business leaders, activists and government representatives of almost every country.

Few say the conference was a resounding success. But neither was it a failure.

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