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U.S. Leaders at COP29: Updates on Members of Congress and Other U.S. Officials at the 2024 UN Climate Summit

By Anna McGinn and Alison Davis and Molly Brind’Amour and Nicole Pouy

November 7, 2024

This list will compile the U.S. federal and elected officials who attended the UN climate summit, COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan. For more on agreements, declarations, and collaborations announced at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, see our key announcements tracker.

U.S. Senators

  • Sen. Edward Markey (D-Mass.)
  • Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.)

 

U.S. Representatives

  • Rep. Troy Balderson (R-Ohio)
  • Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-Va.)
  • Rep. John James (R-Mich.)
  • Rep. Jay Obernolte (R-Calif.)
  • Rep. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.)
  • Rep. Scott Peters (D-Calif.)
  • Rep. August Pfluger (R-Texas)

     

Other notable U.S. federal officials who attended COP28 in-person or gave virtual remarks

  • Brad Crabtree, Assistant Secretary, Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, U.S. Department of Energy
  • Laura Daniel-Davis, Acting Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior
  • Heather Evans, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Manufacturing, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
  • Diane Farrell, Deputy Under Secretary for International Trade, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
  • Iris Ferguson, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Arctic and Global Resilience, U.S. Department of Defense
  • Mike Goff, Acting Assistant Secretary of Energy and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Nuclear Energy, Department of Energy
  • Jennifer Granholm, Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy
  • Alexia Latortue, Assistant Secretary for International Trade and Development, U.S. Treasury
  • Samantha Medlock, Assistant Administrator for Resilience Strategy, Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Geoffrey Pyatt, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Energy Resources, Department of State
  • Rick Spinrad, Administrator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  • David Turk, Deputy Secretary of Energy, U.S. Department of Energy
  • Tom Vilsack, Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Governors at COP29

  • Yana Garcia, Secretary for Environmental Protection, California
  • Governor Jay Inslee, Washington State
  • Serena McIlwain, Secretary of Environment, Maryland

Mayors at COP29

  • Martha Guerrero, West Sacramento City, California
  • Tim Keller, Mayor, Albuquerque, New Mexico
  • Melisa Logan, Mayor, Blytheville, Arkansas
  • Hollies Winston, Mayor, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota

 

This article is based on our own observations from COP29 events, press releases, and news stories, and we may have inadvertently missed U.S. officials at COP29.