It’s unclear whether other U.S. officials — including career diplomats at the State Department — will attend the COP30 climate summit. Photo by THOMAS MORFIN/AFP via Getty Images/Postmedia files

High-level United States representatives are staying away from the UN climate negotiations in Brazil , even as president Donald Trump seeks to influence energy policy globally .

The plan to forgo senior representation at the COP30 climate summit, described by a White House official, comes as other world leaders — including Chinese President Xi Jinping — are also set to skip summit events beginning next week in Belém, Brazil. Although 143 nations will have delegations at the UN negotiations, just 57 heads of state and government are now slated to attend official summit events, the COP30

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