The U.S. should continue to influence global climate change policy under a second Trump administration, Exxon CEO Darren Woods said. President-elect Donald Trump withdrew the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement in 2017 and is expected to do so again in his second term Woods warned that Exxon's investments in carbon capture technologies would change if federal tax incentives are weakened under Trump.

Exxon Mobil chair and chief executive Darren Woods warned President-elect Donald Trump against withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement—as Trump has promised to do again—at the annual United Nations COP29 climate summit in Baku,

World leaders are converging Tuesday at the United Nations annual climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan although the big names and powerful countries are noticeably absent, unlike past climate talks