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Top FEMA officials attended the United Nations Climate Change Conference, known as COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan, in November, advocating for more action on the climate and better diversity among the agency’s leadership while the agency was being criticized for its response to Hurricane Helene.

Among the criticism was an agency official in Florida skipping over of homes with Trump flags outside.

“I want to be clear to all of my employees and the American people, this type of behavior and action will not be tolerated at FEMA and we will hold people accountable if they violate these standards of conduct,” said FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell in a statement. 

Over 230 people were killed as a result of Helene, which made landfall in Florida on Sept. 26 as a Category 4 hurricane, then tore through Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee.

According to a report from The Daily Wire, FEMA’s Victoria Salinas, senior official performing the duties of deputy administrator, and Samantha Medlock, assistant administrator for resilience strategy, attended the conference from around November 14 to November 20.

Leaders at the conference approved an agreement that would require countries like the United States provide developing countries a combined $300 billion per year by 2035.

Participants at the conference also suggest a tax on meat as a way to combat climate change.