US top climate negotiator: ‘We won’t revert back’ as Trump prepares to take over

Associated Press

BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — At the U.N. climate talks, U.S. Climate Adviser John Podesta said that Trump will likely pull America out of the landmark Paris Agreement and try to roll back many of the Biden Administration’s signature climate moves, including the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act that included $375 billion in climate spending. But in a press conference Monday, Podesta also struck a defiant tone. He said the transition to clean energy would continue, regardless of what Trump did. Podesta also said he was participating in negotiations at the climate conference, called COP29, taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan.