The First Envoy for Climate Is Stepping Down. Are We Any Closer to Net Zero? : Consider This from NPR - NPR
The First Envoy for Climate Is Stepping Down. Are We Any Closer to Net Zero? : Consider This from NPR : NPR
Is Catastrophic Climate Change Inevitable? We Ask Outgoing Climate Chief Kerry
U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry speaks at the UNFCCC COP27 climate conference on November 11, 2022 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) Sean Gallup/Getty Images hide caption
U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry speaks at the UNFCCC COP27 climate conference on November 11, 2022 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) Sean Gallup/Getty Images
For three years, John Kerry has led the US global strategy to fight climate change. This week he announced he is stepping down from his position as the first Special Presidential Envoy for Climate.
Kerry was tasked with brokering deals with government leaders and corporations around the world to reduce the use of fossil fuels in hopes of keeping global temperature rise below 1.5 degrees Celsius.
Last year was the hottest on record. Has John Kerry helped steer the world onto a path to avoid the devastating impacts of climate change?
NPR's Ari Shapiro conducts an exit interview with the outgoing U.S. climate envoy.
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Talks are well underway in preparation for the next major international meeting on climate change, 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28), scheduled to begin Nov. 30 in the United Arab Emirates.
Much like last year’s COP27, finances — specifically, aid to developing nations — will be at the center of conference deliberations.
The conference faces an even greater sense of urgency brought on by the Sept. 8, 2023, release of the first global stocktake, which calls for accelerated action to meet the goals set in the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement (COP21).
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