Why Trump still wants a seat at the global climate table

The Trump administration may have pulled out of the Paris climate accord, but the White House isn’t abandoning the field on global climate policy. U.S. officials made their presence known in force at this week’s United Nations climate conference in Poland.

This particular meeting, COP24, could be a deciding factor on the future direction of the 2015 Paris climate accord, making it more strict than originally envisioned, and speeding the transition away from fossil fuels at a faster clip than Trump may want.