John Kerry Stepping Down as Biden’s Climate Czar.
The last time I checked on Biden’s climate czar John Kerry, he looked dejected when an interviewer listed some of the falling green energy dominoes during the recent United Nations climate summit in Dubai.
Now, as Kerry heads to the World Economic Forum conference in Davos, Switzerland, the climate czar is turning in his crown.
Mr. Kerry, 80, has served as the president’s top diplomat on climate change since early 2021, working to cajole governments around the world to aggressively cut their planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions.
He led the U.S. negotiating team through three United Nations climate summits, reasserting American leadership after the country withdrew from the Paris climate agreement during the Trump administration. Mr. Kerry championed cooperation on global warming between the United States and China, the world’s two largest polluters, during times of tension.
On Wednesday, Mr. Kerry met with Mr. Biden in the White House to inform the president of his intention to resign, according to one person familiar with the meeting. On Saturday, his staff learned of his decision at a hastily arranged meeting, said the person, who asked to remain anonymous in order to discuss personnel matters.