President Joe Biden’s Climate Czar said this week that he believes people would feel better about Russia’s war in Ukraine if Russia took steps to reduce its emissions.
The remarks from John Kerry, which happened during his final press conference, came as he stepped down from the role after serving throughout Biden’s first term in office.
“I believe that Russia has the ability to be able to make enormous changes if it really wanted to,” Kerry said. “I mean, if Russia has the ability to wage a war illegally and invade another country, they ought to be able to find the effort to be responsible on the climate issue. Unfortunately, because of the actions that Russia took in an unprovoked, illegal war against another nation, we have not been engaged in discussions with Russia.”
“Sadly, and I say sadly because it’s a loss for the world not to be able to have Russia acting…
