The Biden administration appears to have backed away from its plan to use this week’s United Nations climate talks in Azerbaijan to announce a multinational plea for quick action to cut greenhouse gas pollution. 

According to two diplomats, as well as a draft press release seen by Politico, the announcement had been expected to have been made on Monday, when the COP29 climate summit opened. 

However, the announcement was not made, and it is not clear whether the proposal was dropped in the wake of President-elect Donald Trump’s election victory.

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