Biden names John Kerry as special climate envoy
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has selected former Secretary of State John Kerry to serve as a “special presidential envoy” for the climate crisis as part of the incoming administration, The Independent reports.
Mr Kerry will serve in the role as part of the National Security Council, which the president-elect’s transition team said will reflect his administration’s “commitment to addressing climate change as an urgent national security issue."
The former Secretary of State under Barack Obama, and a former Democratic presidential candidate who lost to George W Bush in 2004, was among the architects of the landmark Paris climate agreement, from which Donald Trump has withdrawn the US. Mr Biden intends to rejoin the accord.