Anjali Sharma
GG News BureauWASHINGTON, 15th Jan. US climate envoy John Kerry on Sunday cited by a close source that he is planning to step down from his post as a climate envoy this spring after three years in the job under the Biden administration.
Kerry, 80-year-old former secretary of state and Democratic nominee for president, led US negotiations at three international climate summits and would be leaving this post.
According to news media reports, the source close to Kerry said he will still attend the World Economic Forum in January and is expected to attend the Munich Security Conference in February.
Kerry prioritized international climate talks between the US and China, and was key in negotiating the November Sunny lands agreement, a wide-range climate agreement between the two countries before COP28.
He was stepping down and intending to join the Biden campaign, news media reported
Kerry had worked on climate issue before joining the Biden administration.
He played a key role in negotiating the Paris agreement, which was adopted by nearly 200 nations in 2015 and was to address the negative impacts of climate change as secretary of state,.
In 2019, Kerry co-founded a bipartisan initiative of world leaders and celebrities to combat the climate crisis called World War Zero.
He served with Biden in the Senate for decades.
Kerry was elected to the Senate to represent Massachusetts in 1984 after served as lieutenant governor of the state under Gov. Michael Dukakis.
He won the Democratic nomination for president in 2004 before losing the general election to incumbent President George W. Bush.
In 2009, when Biden became vice president, Kerry took over his role as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
He was nominated to serve as secretary of state by Barack Obama in 2012.
Kerry served in the Navy in Vietnam as a gunboat officer on the Mekong Delta and was awarded the Silver Star, the Bronze Star and three Purple Hearts.
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