The United States will not send any top officials to the COP30 climate talks in Brazil later this month, a White House official said Saturday, as President Donald Trump instead works to boost fossil fuels.

Trump, who withdrew from the Paris climate agreement for a second time upon his return to the White House in January, had not been expected to attend a leaders’ summit ahead of the annual UN climate conference in Belem.

But it now appears he will not dispatch any top negotiators to the talks, to be held from November 10 to 21, either.

“The US is not sending any high level representatives to COP30,” a White House official said on condition of anonymity.

“The president is directly engaging with leaders around the world on energy issues, which you can see from the historic trade deals a

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