Call for change comes after host country Azerbaijan's president calls oil and gas a 'gift of God'

The United Nations' annual climate conference continues Wednesday with brief speeches by nations big and small.

Right-wing president Javier Milei has withdrawn Argentina ’s delegation from the Cop29 UN climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan. The decision, confirmed by delegate officials, means the South American country will not participate any further in the UN climate negotiations that are expected to conclude with a treaty next week.

Argentine delegates at the COP29 United Nations climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, have been ordered to withdraw from negotiations and return home, according to a source at the country’s foreign ministry.

Argentina’s president, Javier Milei, has withdrawn his country’s delegates from the United Nations COP29 Summit on climate science one day ahead of a planned two-day visit to the United States that may include a stopover at President-elect Trump’s Mar-a-lago.