John Kerry has been a U.S. senator, a presidential candidate and a secretary of state, all after receiving three Purple Hearts for his military service in Vietnam. Now, at the age of 80, he is stepping down from what's likely his last full time job in government: the president's special envoy for climate.
Joe Biden created the position for his old friend right after taking office three years ago. And since then, Kerry has been all over the world trying to rally governments and corporations to curb the worst impacts of climate change.host Ari Shapiro spoke with Kerry about his tenure in the Biden administration, how another Donald Trump presidency could impact the fight against climate change, and how he remains hopeful.
: And yet right now the world is on track to warm the planet by twice that many degrees by the end of the century. And last year, like many recently, was thekeep going up. It would seem that although you have worked so hard to keep the potential for 1.5 within reach, the reality is far from that.Well, it's not far from that. I mean, point blank: we are heading towards about 2.5 degrees right now.
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