The Taliban are attending the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (also known as COP29) in Azerbaijan, the Associated Press reported on Sunday.

Taliban representatives are expected to take part in the proceedings in Baku, Azerbaijan, along with participants from around the world, making it the first time the Taliban has been represented at the UN climate talks since the group took power after the US withdrawal from Afghanistan. This is the first time that we have sent a 2021, Associated Press reported. The Taliban delegation will seek to strengthen cooperation on climate issues with other countries and highlight the country’s needs to secure financing for tackling climate change and green energy. (Related: John Kerry spins comments from UN climate change summit chairman who supports fossil fuel phase-out as “there is no science”)

The Taliban, who have been fighting the United States and Western allies for two decades after the Sept. 11 attacks in New York, have now been deprived of Afghanistan’s legitimate government by most other countries, even though they have de facto control of the country. The newspaper reported that this was not recognized. A.P. The National Environmental Protection Agency, a government agency under the Taliban, announced that it had sent several people to Baku to participate in talks on climate change.

Key points of discussion at COP29 are expected to include so-called “climate finance” arrangements that allow developing countries to pay for green energy initiatives and projects. According to Go to CBS News. However, President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House has cast an air of uncertainty over the proceedings in Baku, as the president has pledged to withdraw from the United Nations’ Paris climate accord for a second time.

John Podesta, one of the top climate officials in the Biden-Harris administration, spoke at a conference on Monday, saying that despite President Trump’s potential to limit or end climate change policies, the United States remains committed to global climate change. He said he would continue to be involved in the fight against change. And efforts, According to Go to Bloomberg News. Last year, unsuccessful 2024 presidential candidate Kamala Harris represented the United States at the United Nations Climate Change Summit in Qatar, and this year’s event included Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. US government officials are also participating in Podesta.

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