Amid the throng of over 50,000 delegates,

attending this year's sprawling UN climate COP 29 conference

in Azerbaijan, you can hear the wheels of climate diplomacy in action.

But 6,000 miles away from Washington,

you don't have to go very far before a certain Donald Trump looms over the conversation.

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This year's conference of the parties, as COP is formally called, is underway.

So PowerPlay came along to bring you two episodes as politicians, business leaders and environmentalists mingle in the

huge stadium complex in the oil-rich capital city of Baku. As President-elect Trump's next

administration takes shape, there's trepidation here about what will come next.

Might he take America out of the landmark Paris Agreement to limit global carbon emissions

and jettison many of President Biden's climate initiatives?

Or might the Trump threat be, well, overheated?

One of the countries close to this is America's northerly neighbour.

I spoke to Stephen Giebeau, the Canadian Minister of the Environment and Climate Change,

as we made our way through the crowds of the national pavilions.

Later in the podcast, I'll be talking to the long-standing climate campaigner,

Paul Polman, former chief executive

of Unilever, on his serious concerns about the Azerbaijani hosts and an uncomfortable encounter

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