BAKU, Azerbaijan — America’s top climate diplomat, John Podesta, told foreign officials Monday that the U.S. remains committed to fighting climate change, even if President-elect Donald Trump isn’t.
His comments came as the implications of last week’s election reverberate through the hallways of the global climate talks called COP29, which began Monday.
“This is not the end of our fight for a cleaner, safer planet. Facts are still facts. Science is still science. The fight is bigger than one election, one political cycle in one country,” Podesta told reporters.
“While the United States federal government under Donald Trump may put climate change action on the back burner, the work to contain climate change is going to continue in the United States with commitment and passion and belief,” he added.
