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US, Russia Climate Envoys To Meet At COP, No Word On Putin Attendance

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Russian news outlet Tass confirms that the country's presidential climate envoy Ruslan Edelgeriev is set to meet his US counterpary John Kerry on the sidelines of the COP26 summit in Glasgow, UK next month.

  • While political tensions between the US and Russia remain elevated there is a realisation that without an agreement on climate between the second and fourth-largest global CO2 emitters, the summit is unlikely to reach a satisfactory conclusion for the world's environment.
  • There remains no confirmation on whether Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend the summit in person. Chinese President Xi Jinping has already turned down an invitation.

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