Biden’s first-ever UN climate summit snub carries symbolic weight

Payne Institute Director Morgan Bazilian contributes to this article about how President Biden is reportedly skipping a global climate change summit for the first time in his presidency. Not attending the conference would mark a significant snub by a president who has vowed to fight global warming. Yet some experts say his absence is unlikely to actually impact the conference’s outcomes, with both his presence and absence playing more of a symbolic role. November 28, 2023.