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US climate action won't end with Trump, envoy tells COP29

People walk past the logotype at the venue for the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku on November 11, 2024. [AFP]

Washington's top climate envoy sought to reassure countries at the COP29 talks Monday that Donald Trump's re-election would not end US efforts to tackle global warming.

Trump's sweep of the presidential vote has cast a long shadow over the crunch talks in Baku, with the incoming US leader pledging to withdraw Washington from the landmark Paris climate agreement.

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