From November 11-22, 2024, senior Biden-Harris Administration officials from more than 20 US Departments, Agencies, and organizations will travel to Baku, Azerbaijan to highlight US leadership on tackling the climate crisis and to work towards strong negotiated outcomes at the 2024 UN Climate Change Conference (COP 29), Report informs referring to the US State Department.

The US delegation will be led by Senior Advisor to the President for International Climate Policy John Podesta.
Other senior officials in the US delegation include:
Thomas Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture
Jennifer M. Granholm, Secretary of Energy
Ali Zaidi, Assistant to the President and White House National Climate Advisor
Brenda Mallory, Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality
David Turk, Deputy Secretary of Energy
Laura Daniel-Davis, Acting Deputy Secretary of the Interior
Jane Nishida, Acting Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
Rick Spinrad, Ph.D, Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere & Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Bonnie Jenkins, Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security

In addition to those listed above, the US delegation will include a wide range of other US government officials working on how climate change relates to armed conflict, finance, food security, gender, global health, trade and investment, youth issues, and more.