The theme for this year's climate meeting is money. The world's countries will, among other things, try to agree on a new target for how much money donor countries should spend per year on climate work during the two weeks the meeting in Baku, Azerbaijan, takes place.
But now, reports are pouring in about heavyweight world leaders who are skipping the meeting. The President of the USA, Joe Biden, and Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau do not plan to attend, according to reports from, among others, Euronews.
Ulf Kristersson has previously announced that he will not attend, nor will the President of the EU Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz will not attend, and France's President Emmanuel Macron is also skipping the meeting, citing that it is being held in Azerbaijan.
Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will not attend either, due to the head injury he sustained after a fall last week.
According to Euronews, leaders from, among others, Japan, Australia, Mexico, and India are also missing from the participant list.
COP29 takes place between November 11 and 22.
