With the Trump administration absent from the U.N. climate summit, Gov. Gavin Newsom is positioning California as America’s climate leader on the world stage.

President Trump has rejected climate science, pulled the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement and canceled federal clean energy funding, leaving a stark leadership vacuum.

BELÉM, Brazil — The expansive halls of the Amazon’s newly built climate summit hub echoed with the hum of air conditioners and the footsteps of delegates from around the world — scientists, diplomats, Indigenous leaders and energy executives, all converging for two frenetic weeks of negotiations.

Then Gov. Gavin Newsom rounded the corner, flanked by staff and security. They moved in tandem through the corridors on Tuesday as media swarmed and cellphone camera

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