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Flora Vano, 39, of Port Vila, Vanuatu, from the Melenasian community, poses for a photo during the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Flora Vano, 39, of Port Vila, Vanuatu, from the Melenasian community, poses for a photo during the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, 41, of N'Djamena, Chad, from the Mbororo community, poses for a photo during the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, 41, of N'Djamena, Chad, from the Mbororo community, poses for a photo during the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Didja Tchari Djibrillah, 30, of the Mayo-Kebbi East, Chad, from the Peul Mbororo community, poses for a photo during the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Didja Tchari Djibrillah, 30, of the Mayo-Kebbi East, Chad, from the Peul Mbororo community, poses for a photo during the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Big Wind Carpenter, 31, of Wind River Reservation, United States, from the Northern Arapaho community, poses for a photo during the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Big Wind Carpenter, 31, of Wind River Reservation, United States, from the Northern Arapaho community, poses for a photo during the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Members of various Indigenous communities pose for a photo while attending the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit in Baku, Azerbaijan. From top left, Saina Ekaterina Savvinova, 53, of Yakutsk, Russia, Antumalen Ayelen Antillanca Urrutia, 26, of Huapi Island, Chile, Sydney Males, 27, of Otavalo, Ecuador, Big Wind Carpenter, 31, of Wind River Reservation, United States, Flora Vano, 39, of Port Vila, Vanuatu, Puyr dos Santos Tembe, 47, of Belem, Brazil, Mingma Chhiri, 40, of the Khumbu Pasanglhamu Municipality District, Nepal, Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, 41, of N'Djamena, Chad, Ninawa Inu Pereira Nunes, 50, of Feijo, Brazil, Marynne Rimbao, 42, of Unda village, Papua New Guinea, Didja Tchari Djibrillah, 30, of the Mayo-Kebbi East, Chad, and Jackson Michael, 40, of the Borneo, Malaysia. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Members of various Indigenous communities pose for a photo while attending the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit in Baku, Azerbaijan. From top left, Saina Ekaterina Savvinova, 53, of Yakutsk, Russia, Antumalen Ayelen Antillanca Urrutia, 26, of Huapi Island, Chile, Sydney Males, 27, of Otavalo, Ecuador, Big Wind Carpenter, 31, of Wind River Reservation, United States, Flora Vano, 39, of Port Vila, Vanuatu, Puyr dos Santos Tembe, 47, of Belem, Brazil, Mingma Chhiri, 40, of the Khumbu Pasanglhamu Municipality District, Nepal, Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, 41, of N'Djamena, Chad, Ninawa Inu Pereira Nunes, 50, of Feijo, Brazil, Marynne Rimbao, 42, of Unda village, Papua New Guinea, Didja Tchari Djibrillah, 30, of the Mayo-Kebbi East, Chad, and Jackson Michael, 40, of the Borneo, Malaysia. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Sydney Males, 27, of Otavalo, Ecuador, from the Kichwa Otavalo community, poses for a photo during the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan.(AP Photo /Rafiq Maqbool)

Sydney Males, 27, of Otavalo, Ecuador, from the Kichwa Otavalo community, poses for a photo during the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan.(AP Photo /Rafiq Maqbool)

Antumalen Ayelen Antillanca Urrutia, 26, of Huapi Island, Chile, from the Mapuche Huilliche community, poses for a photo during the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Antumalen Ayelen Antillanca Urrutia, 26, of Huapi Island, Chile, from the Mapuche Huilliche community, poses for a photo during the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Marynne Rimbao, 42, of Unda village, Papua New Guinea, from the Tombekin community, poses for a photo during the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Marynne Rimbao, 42, of Unda village, Papua New Guinea, from the Tombekin community, poses for a photo during the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Saina Ekaterina Savvinova, 53, of Yakutsk, Russia, from the Yakut community, poses for a photo poses during the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Saina Ekaterina Savvinova, 53, of Yakutsk, Russia, from the Yakut community, poses for a photo poses during the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Puyr dos Santos Tembe, 47, of Belem, Brazil, from the Tembe community, poses for a photo during the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Puyr dos Santos Tembe, 47, of Belem, Brazil, from the Tembe community, poses for a photo during the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Mingma Chhiri, 40, of the Khumbu Pasanglhamu Municipality District, Nepal, from the Sherpa community, poses for a photo during the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Mingma Chhiri, 40, of the Khumbu Pasanglhamu Municipality District, Nepal, from the Sherpa community, poses for a photo during the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Jackson Michael, 40, of the Borneo, Malaysia, from the Iban community, poses for a photo during at the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Jackson Michael, 40, of the Borneo, Malaysia, from the Iban community, poses for a photo during at the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Ninawa Inu Pereira Nunes, 50, of Feijo, Brazil, from the Huni Kui community, poses for a photo during the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Ninawa Inu Pereira Nunes, 50, of Feijo, Brazil, from the Huni Kui community, poses for a photo during the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)