Syria's al-Sharaa pledges commitment to climate goals at COP30

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

68% : Al-Sharaa told the Brazil summit on Thursday that his country was fully on board with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and invited investments in renewable energy as part of his country's "ambitious" plans for reconstruction and recovery.
57% : Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa joined world leaders at the United Nations COP30 summit in Brazil, pledging his commitment to global efforts to limit climate change, in the latest sign that the war-torn country is returning to the international fold.
48% : The White House declined to send high-level officials to the summit after Trump told the UN General Assembly (UNGA) this year that climate change is the world's "greatest con job".
46% : On Thursday, the UN Security Council voted to remove sanctions imposed on al-Sharaa and his Interior Minister Anas Khattab, marking yet another step out of the international isolation that marked the al-Assad years.

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