 Azerbaijani, COP 29 leader, urges US to keep climate pledges even if Trump elected. The incoming host of the next COP summit has called on the US and other nations to maintain their climate commitments, even if Donald Trump is elected as president in November. In his interview since being named president-elect of the COP 29 summit, due to be held in Baku, Azerbaijan the week after the US election, Muhtar Babayev told Newsweek, we hope that all the countries, including the United States, will demonstrate their readiness to fulfill their obligations to fulfill their readiness to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels. Trump has premised his 2024 presidential campaigns energy policy on increasing domestic fossil fuel production, telling supporters at a rally in January that we're going to drill, baby drill, in order to keep gas prices low. Those close to the former president have also intimated his intention to repeal the Inflation Reduction Act, a landmark piece of Biden administration legislation that provides $500 billion in investment for the infrastructure necessary for the transition to a green economy if re-elected. Asked about how he might convince an incoming President Trump to maintain America's pledges to curb emissions, Babayev responded, I think it is a very critical time for the world. We hope that all countries will fulfill their obligations and intentions to provide for that 1.5 Celsius, 2.7 degrees limit, that's why I think and I hope that all countries will demonstrate their readiness and, by action, their activities to provide this target. Azerbaijan's Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources added that his team would continue to work with the current White House administration in the lead-up to COP29 on maintaining the climate agenda it has already adopted. He also laid out his intentions for the climate conference to secure continued cooperation on curbing global warming and broker a financing agreement for poorer countries and urged nations to consider all possibilities on reducing carbon emissions amid the ongoing and environmentally costly Russian invasion of Ukraine. Babayev says his nation has already shown its commitment by transitioning to renewables. Babayev also touted Azerbaijan's very strong policy on energy efficiency programs and said it was using revenues from its oil and gas production to invest in its burgeoning green economy. A method he suggested could be adopted by other fossil fuel-rich nations. Biden's adviser warns of possible Russian nuclear strike if US provides more military aid to Ukraine. National Security adviser to the President of the United States of America, Jake Sullivan, believes that Russia could launch a nuclear strike on the United States if it provides Ukraine with too much military assistance. This was stated by Representative Michael McCall in an interview with Puck. Jake is too cautious. He's very timid. And he bought into the idea that if we give them too much, Russia will use tactical nuclear weapons on us. Most of the intelligence I've seen suggests they won't do that, because this would be a game-changer for everyone, the politician said. The politician believes that President Joe Biden is also cautious on this issue. He calls them sort of like-minded people. But I just think Sullivan was too timid, too cautious, too cautious. And everything is too provocative. But the crazy thing is that everything he has worried about has already been agreed upon. We are bringing it in. It's just that too little, too late, he added. He says that at the beginning of the full-scale war, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken advocated transferring MiGs to Ukraine. It's not him. In my opinion, it's Jake Sullivan and the White House. It's a very timid reaction. I like Colin Powell's doctrine. You're either in or you're out. Don't stop halfway. You know, we're giving Putin exactly what he's got, once. It's a stalemate, a war of attrition, and he has more bodies to throw, McCall added. McCall also says that the Republican electorate does not understand that 80% of American funds allocated for military assistance to Ukraine remain in the States. We have a map that we show people. It's a map of all the states where the money is going, the jobs. In the beginning, I said, why don't we just make it a Defense Department weapons account? But Jake Sullivan thought that would be too complicated. So, it's money for Ukraine. But actually, most of it will go towards investment and modernization of our reserves. We are dumping the old in Ukraine, he explained. As is known, since the beginning of the full-scale war, representatives of the Russian government have been hinting at and sometimes directly threatening nuclear strikes against Ukraine or Western countries.