John Kerry, a former senator and former Democratic presidential candidate who served as President Joe Biden’s special climate envoy (SPEC), said on Tuesday that if the Russian government puts so much effort into He said it might make people “feel better” about the Russian government. Just as we focus on fighting Ukraine, we will also fight climate change.
Mr. Kelly made a surprising comment in one of his lectures. Press conference The meeting took place in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, the day before he left SPEC to join Biden’s re-election campaign.
Biden’s “climate envoy” John Kerry said Russia must “do more to reduce emissions.”
“Maybe then people will feel more comfortable about what Russia is choosing to do at the moment!” pic.twitter.com/R0tdvkP9Kz
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Russian reporters quoted Russian officials who complained that Western sanctions were making it difficult for Moscow to invest in green energy, and said the current state of U.S.-Russian relations was interfering with climate change cooperation. I asked if there were any.
“In this regard, do you think Western sanctions are impacting global efforts to combat climate change and the common commitments under the Paris Agreement?” the reporter asked.
Kelly replied:
no i don’t. Because I believe that Russia has the ability to make big changes if it really wants to. In other words, if Russia has the ability to illegally wage war and invade other countries, it should be able to find an effort to hold itself accountable on the climate issue. And unfortunately, because of Russia’s actions in unprovoked and illegal wars against other countries, we are sadly not participating in discussions with Russia. I say “sad” because Russia’s inability to take constructive action on this issue is a loss to the world.
But we need all countries, including Russia – the country of Russia too [of] The world’s largest emitter. If Russia wanted to show good faith, it could announce its cuts and redouble its efforts to reduce emissions now. Perhaps it will open the door for people to feel better about what Russia is choosing at the moment.
Mr. Kerry’s awkwardly worded response was widely interpreted to mean that “people would feel better about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine if Russia did more to control emissions,” but more A more charitable interpretation would be, “If Russia had the resources to invade.” Other countries could do more to fight climate change. ”
fox news I got it. This wasn’t the first time Kerry has rambled about climate change while discussing the Ukraine war. For example, in a July 2023 interview on MSNBC, he asked viewers to think about greenhouse gas emissions from Russia’s heavy bombing campaign.
The problem is currently worsening in many parts of the world when bombs explode and damage things like septic tanks and power centers, releasing massive amounts of greenhouse gases, methane, and whole families. We are producing a lot of greenhouse gases, which is making the problem even bigger.
In February 2022, he implored Russian strongman Vladimir Putin to consider the climate impact of dropping heat bombs on Ukraine’s frozen terrain. Later the same day, he complained that Putin’s violent actions were complicating efforts to fight climate change, but Putin sought to “compartmentalize” and ignore all the Ukrainians who died. right.
of wall street journal It pointed out Mr. Kerry’s dangerous comments in February 2022 were not a “gaffe” but a glimpse into the Biden administration’s dangerous “obsession with punishing climate change and fossil fuel production,” which will threaten the United States and Europe. He said this leaves the country vulnerable to Putin’s energy threats. The fact that Mr. Kelly served in office for two more years and then recanted his most outrageous remarks to date on the way to joining Biden’s re-election campaign would seem to justify this analysis.
Even Mr. Kelly’s longtime critics couldn’t believe he was in such bad shape on Tuesday. Most of them had a less generous interpretation of his remarks, namely that the invasion of Ukraine would have been less offensive if Russia had attacked in a more carbon-neutral manner.
of new york post I collected There was selective reaction on social media, with users calling Kelly a “crazy lunatic” and a “climate change clown” and spouting “insane language.”
“I had to listen to this three times to see if Kelly really said this. And he did. It’s indescribably embarrassing and frankly downright disgusting!” Arsen Ostrovsky, CEO of the International Law Forum, said:
