ASSOCIATED PRESS • January 13, 2024
John Kerry, the U.S. special envoy on climate, is stepping down from the Biden administration in the coming weeks. Kerry was one of the leading drafters of the 2015 Paris climate accords and came into the role with significant experience abroad, as secretary of state during the Obama administration and from nearly three decades as a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. President Biden’s decision to tap Kerry for the post was seen as one way he was making good on his campaign pledge to battle climate change more forcefully.