Energy and Environment

Bloomberg eyes ‘climate candidate’ title with whirlwind UN tour

By Abby Smith
Published December 10, 2019 4:58pm ET
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Bloomberg eyes ‘climate candidate’ title with whirlwind UN tour
In this Aug. 5, 2014 file photo, Michael Bloomberg welcomes leaders to the U.S.-Africa Business Forum during the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Washington. The former New York Mayor is returning to lead the financial data and news company he founded in 1981 but left to serve three terms in City Hall. Bloomberg LP said Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014, current CEO Daniel Doctoroff will step down at the end of the year. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, file) | Jacquelyn Martin

MADRID — Billionaire and 2020 presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg said he came to the United Nations climate talks in Madrid because President Trump wouldn’t.

Bloomberg had a whirlwind tour Tuesday of the United Nations Conference of the Parties meeting, where countries are hammering out the last few aspects of the rules to implement the Paris climate agreement.

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