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John Kerry

The US May Have Scored a Climate Victory in Congress, but It Will Be in the Hot Seat With Other Major Emitters at UN Climate Talks

A year of floods, drought and other events linked to global warming have galvanized developing nations to demand redress for their losses. After years of frustration, they will also seek stronger commitments from colossal polluters to slash fossil fuel emissions and avert further damage.

By Marianne Lavelle

In this photo illustration, a woman holds a smartphone with the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference COP27 logo in the background. The 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference COP27 event will take place Nov. 6 through 18, 2022, in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images
John Kerry, Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, participates as guest at the meeting of the Portuguese Council of State to address the perspectives, challenges and opportunities of combating climate change and the energy transition, in Cascais Citadel on June 28, 2022 in Cascais, Portugal. Credit: Horacio Villalobos/Corbis via Getty Images

Climate Envoy John Kerry Seeks Restart to US Emissions Talks With China

By Eleni Varvitsioti and Aime Williams, The Financial Times

A city worker in Glasgow, Scotland scrapes COP26 climate protest posters off a boarded-up storefront on Sauchiehall Street, where the week before thousands of demonstrators marched to express their disappointment with the lack of progress at the annual United Nations negotiations. Credit: Bob Berwyn/Inside Climate News

COP Negotiators Demand Nations do More to Curb Climate Change, but Required Emissions Cuts Remain Elusive

By Bob Berwyn

National Climate Adviser Gina McCarthy speaks as Special Presidential Envoy for Climate and former Secretary of State John Kerry listens during a daily press briefing at the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on April 22, 2021 in Washington, DC. Credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images

Jobs and Technology Take Center Stage at Friday’s Summit, With Biden Pitching Climate Action as a Boon for the Economy

By James Bruggers, Georgina Gustin, Marianne Lavelle, Nicholas Kusnetz

President Joe Biden speaks in the Oval Office at the White House April 19, 2021 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images

Biden’s Climate Credibility May Hinge on Whether He Makes Good on U.S. Financial Commitments to Developing Nations

By Marianne Lavelle

The US Wants the EU to Delay Imposing Trade Penalties on Carbon-Intensive Imports, But Is Considering Imposing Its Own

By Marianne Lavelle, Bob Berwyn

Democratic presidential candidate former U.S. Vice president Joe Biden campaigns with former Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, December 6, 2019 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Biden’s Appointment of John Kerry as Climate Envoy Sends a ‘Signal to the World,’ Advocates Say

By Marianne Lavelle

Former US Secretary of State John Kerry addresses the virtual 2020 Democratic National Convention on August 19, 2020. The four-day event, initially postponed from July, is taking place almost wholly remotely in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

After Two Nights of Speeches, Activists Ask: Hey, What About Climate Change?

By Marianne Lavelle

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden campaigns with former Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry on Dec. 6, 2019 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images

Biden Names Ocasio-Cortez, Kerry to Lead His Climate Task Force, Bridging Democrats’ Divide

By Marianne Lavelle

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at the Ross Sea Conservation

KXL: Groups Demand More Time to Weigh In

By John H. Cushman Jr.

Protesters rally in Portland, Maine, against possible plans to pipe oil from Can

Anti-Oil Sands Protests Take Off in the U.S.

By Maria Gallucci

Construction on the southern leg of the Keystone XL pipeline in Texas

Does EPA Have Clout in State Dept's KXL Review?

By Lisa Song

Sen. John Kerry/Credit: Center for American Progress, flickr

Climate Hawk Kerry to Lead Keystone XL Review

By Maria Gallucci

Keystone XL in 2013: Climate Change Is Big Unknown

By Lisa Song

In Meeting with Obama, Senators Can't Support His Call for a Climate Bill

By Guest Writer

Senate Climate Bill Draws Both Praise and Ire from Energy Industry

By Stacy Feldman

Greenpeace & Center for American Progress Debate the Senate Climate Bill

By Guest Writers

Greens Take Aim at Offshore Drilling Allowance in Senate's New Climate Bill

By Dave Levitan

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