According to media sources, John Kerry, the US special envoy on climate change, will be leaving his position to work on President Joe Biden's reelection campaign.
According to media reports on Saturday, the former senator and secretary of state will assist Joe Biden in promoting the president's work on climate change. Biden has been advocating for answers to the issue within the Biden administration.
According to officials, Kerry informed Biden of his resignation on Wednesday, and his staff was informed of the decision on Saturday, Reuters news agency was informed by sources with knowledge of the matter. He intends to retire in the upcoming months.
Kerry most recently represented the United States at the COP28 UN climate summit in Dubai. In an uncommon display of cooperation, he collaborated with China to help broker a historic, albeit somewhat diluted, agreement to move away from coal, gas, and oil.
Together, the US and China are the two biggest polluters in the world, contributing 41% of greenhouse gas emissions.
Kerry's goal as climate ambassador was to keep tight diplomatic relations with China on climate change despite the brewing tensions between Beijing and Washington on a number of other issues.
The almost 200-nation Dubai agreement was partially derived on a blueprint of climate action that Kerry and his Chinese colleague Xie Zhenhua drew out a month before the meeting, which was held from November 30 to December 13, 2023.
Kerry has chaired three UN climate meetings and headed the US delegation.
Re-entering the Paris climate deal, which Trump had left, was one of Vice President Joe Biden's first actions in 2021, following his victory over former President Donald Trump.
As part of the 2015 UN agreement, which Kerry also assisted in arranging, nations agreed to keep global warming "well below" 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit).
After COP28, in December, Kerry told Reuters he would keep up his lobbying efforts for climate change.
Kerry declared, "I will keep going as long as God gives me the breath and work on it one way or the other."
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