John Kerry--Climate Envoy Ideologue

In a major speech in Jakarta in February 2014, John Kerry claimed that “climate change can now be considered another weapon of mass destruction, perhaps the world's most fearsome weapon of mass destruction.” ¹ Kerry recently commented on Covid-19: “It's a tragically teachable moment. I don't say this in a partisan way. But the parallels between COVID-19 and climate change are screaming at us, both positive and negative. You could just as easily replace the words climate change with COVID-19; it is truly the tale of two pandemics deferred, denied, and distorted, one with catastrophic consequences, the other with even greater risk if we don't reverse course. The long-term parallels between this pandemic and tomorrow's gathering storm of climate crisis are more clear. If the economic devastation of the coronavirus pandemic is costly today, the cost of climate inaction will match—if not exceed-- our current expenditures, which is why the next administration must act with urgency on day one.” ²