Countries must seek energy independence through renewables and nuclear, says John Kerry
Former US secretary of state says oil shock driven by war in Iran highlights dangers of reliance on fossil fuels
February 2026
US politics live with Shrai Popat
Trump says regime change in Iran ‘would be the best thing’ as US military reportedly plans for operation – as it happened
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November 2025
John Kerry urges Australia to take ‘hard-nosed’ approach with world’s biggest fossil fuel-producing countries at Cop31
Exclusive: Former US secretary of state calls for more demanding steps from Australia as it takes over presidency of next year’s UN climate summit
July 2025
Tulsi Gabbard calls for Obama to be prosecuted over 2016 election claims
Trump intelligence chief accuses ex-president and others of ‘treasonous conspiracy’ for alleging Russian interference
January 2025
Peter Yarrow obituary
Singer and songwriter with the American folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary who found fame in the 1960s
October 2024
Revealed: CEO at heart of US ports strike made crude attacks on Biden and Democrats
David Adam of USMX made coarse remarks about president and appeared to endorse rightwing conspiracy theory
September 2024
Kerry gives scathing rating on climate action: ‘Is there a letter underneath Z?’
Lammy’s Kew speech seeks to put UK at centre of a reinvigorated climate fight
March 2024
John Kerry doesn’t get it: the US can’t be a force for good on the climate until it stops fossil fuel expansion
John Kerry: US committed to tackling climate crisis despite fossil fuel growth
February 2024
Demagogues imperilling global fight against climate breakdown, says Kerry
US climate chief hits out at ‘disinformation’ being used as tactic by special interests to delay action
January 2024
John Podesta to succeed John Kerry as Biden’s top climate adviser
Senior adviser will take over responsibilities, but not title, of John Kerry, who stepped down to work on Biden’s re-election campaign
Goodbye Mr Kerry, farewell Mr Xie: end of an era in global climate politics
As the US and China climate envoys retire, more than a leadership gap opens in crucial bilateral relationship and climate politics
John Kerry to leave White House to assist Biden re-election campaign
Kerry’s office announced the news on Saturday after he had informed his staff and spoken with Biden earlier in the week
December 2023
Rich countries are desperate to convince us their hollow Cop28 deal is a triumph. They’re lying
Asad Rehman
The agreement on fossil fuel phase-out is full of loopholes, but those of us fighting for climate justice won’t give up, says Asad Rehman of War on Want
Cop28: China ‘would like to see agreement to substitute renewables for fossil fuels’
But country’s climate envoy, Xie Zhenhua, would not say whether it would support phase-out wording in climate deal
US outlines measures to cut methane emissions by 80% in next 15 years
Regulations would cut equivalent of 1.5bn metric tonnes of carbon dioxide by 2038, head of EPA says at Cop28
November 2023
Who’s who at Cop28: the leaders with the world’s future in their hands
Health and climate
Like father, like daughter: why Vanessa Kerry is demanding action on climate and health
September 2023
The age of extinction
Climate action must respond to extreme weather driving health crisis, says WHO
Melting ice caps and rising sea levels are urgent but people care more about the floods, wildfires and droughts that are here now, New York summit hears
