John Kerry

Report: Every dollar invested in climate resilience can yield up to $15 in financial benefits

Investment

Report: Every dollar invested in climate resilience can yield up to $15 in financial benefits

Financing climate adaptation and resilience provides opportunity for businesses and private investors, BCG, GRP and USAID study claims

clock 06 December 2023 • 3 min read
'Powering Past Coal': US commits to unabated coal phase out

Policy

'Powering Past Coal': US commits to unabated coal phase out

US among new members of the Powering Past Coal Alliance, as major economies back target to treble global nuclear capacity

clock 02 December 2023 • 6 min read
UK-US private climate finance talks yield $2bn in commitments for developing countries

Investment

UK-US private climate finance talks yield $2bn in commitments for developing countries

More than 23 high profile companies, investors, and philanthropists attend talks hosted as part of US President's trip to the UK

clock 11 July 2023 • 2 min read
UK and US co-host private sector climate finance talks

Investment

UK and US co-host private sector climate finance talks

Grant Shapps and John Kerry to host talks with financiers, ahead of Windsor meeting between US President and King Charles III to discuss global climate efforts

clock 10 July 2023 • 5 min read
'COP of action': COP28 President calls for tripling of renewables capacity by 2030

Climate change

'COP of action': COP28 President calls for tripling of renewables capacity by 2030

COP28 President hints at UAE's priorities for Summit in maiden speech, as core principles for controversial plan to use voluntary carbon markets to bankroll energy transition are unveiled

clock 16 January 2023 • 7 min read
COP27 Finance Day: US debuts carbon markets plan, as financial climate alliances face fresh criticism

Climate change

COP27 Finance Day: US debuts carbon markets plan, as financial climate alliances face fresh criticism

US plan to use carbon credit to fund energy transition in developed countries generates mixed response, amid fears initiative could undermine proposals for wider financial reforms

clock 10 November 2022 • 10 min read
'We are edging ever closer': World could temporarily hit 1.5C warming within five years, WMO warns

Climate change

'We are edging ever closer': World could temporarily hit 1.5C warming within five years, WMO warns

Risk of reaching totemic climate threshold set out in the Paris Agreement on at least one of next five years now at 50 per cent, research shows

clock 10 May 2022 • 6 min read
'We must pull together': Alok Sharma urges world leaders to honour their climate pledges at COP26

Policy

'We must pull together': Alok Sharma urges world leaders to honour their climate pledges at COP26

COP26 President-designate issues plea for governments to make good on climate pledges, as John Kerry expresses optimism a breakthrough is within reach

clock 12 October 2021 • 5 min read

Politics

John Kerry: 'We don't have the luxury of waiting until Covid is vanquished to take up the climate challenge'

US Climate Envoy issues clarion call for governments to step up diplomatic push in the run up to the COP26 Climate Summit

clock 20 July 2021 • 5 min read

Politics

Dividing lines, deadlocks, and milestones: Seven key takeaways from the IEA-COP26 Net Zero Summit

As time ticks away before COP26, Alok Sharma and the International Energy Agency hosted a major global climate summit aimed at cranking up the climate urgency

clock 01 April 2021 • 13 min read