Has John Kerry had enough of politics?
Kerry, the U.S. climate envoy, announced on Saturday that he will be stepping down from his current position. However, he's not retiring. Instead, he will be joining President Biden's campaign team to help promote the administration's climate change initiatives aimed at slowing global warming.
The latest ABC News/Ipsos poll shows Biden with a 33% approval rating, which means that Kerry, now 80, has his work cut out for him.
The Guardian reports on Kerry's plans to leave the White House:
Kerry informed his staff earlier on Saturday after speaking with the US president this week, a spokesperson for Kerry told Reuters.
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Kerry was instrumental is helping to broker the 2015 Paris climate agreement, as well as the UAE consensus that calls for the transition away from fossil fuels reached in December at Cop28 in Dubai.
He believes that a second term in the White House for Biden would be the “single biggest” difference for progress in the climate crisis, Axios reported, initially citing a source close to the administration.
Kerry and Biden talked in the Oval Office earlier this week, after Kerry had attended the Cop28 global climate summit in Dubai late last year, and the climate envoy wants to promote Biden's climate action with a major role on the campaign trail for the 2024 election, the outlet further reported.
Biden appointed Kerry as the first U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate shortly after winning the 2020 presidential election.
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