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US lawmakers will go to UN climate talks in Turkey
The 19-member delegation will press climate diplomacy and highlight shared risks as the United States skips formal talks after leaving the Paris Agreement.
The United States is not taking part in the negotiations after President Donald Trump withdrew the country from the Paris agreement for a second time upon returning to office.
But Representative Sean Casten of Illinois said the 19-member delegation would nevertheless play an "important diplomatic function" at COP31 which runs from November 9 to 20 in Antalya.
"We will not, of course, be in the majority at that point, but we will be received with…