John Kerry

As wildfires and other symptoms of global warming become an increasing problem, the next international summit on the issue, COP28, will be run by an oil industry executive (Picture: Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP via Getty Images)

Oil chief's appointment as COP28 president is worrying sign – Dr Richard Dixon

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak addresses delegates during the Cop27 summit at Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Picture date: Monday November 7, 2022.

UN climate negotiators ‘reach deal on compensation fund for poor nations’

US special climate envoy John Kerry, seen here at the Cop26 climate summit in Glasgow last November, has said Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine and the resulting disruption of oil and gas supplies has not wrecked international emissions goals agreed at the conference. Picture: Getty Images

Ukraine war could speed move to green energy, US climate envoy John Kerry says

Britain's President for COP26 Alok Sharma gestures during the final stages of the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow

Readers' letters: Climate conference has not been perfect, but it is a success

COP26: Youth activists led by Greta Thunberg to march through Glasgow demanding climate action at summit.

Youth activists march through Glasgow demanding climate action

The Earth is gaining energy at a rate comparable to multiple nuclear bomb explosions every single second (Picture: Three Lions/Getty Images)

12 days to save the world – Scotsman comment

US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry has described the COP26 climate summit as the 'last, best hope' to keep global warming within 1.5C (Picture: Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images)

Kerry's talk of 'last, best hope' must spur world into action – Scotsman says

Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

John Kerry says COP26 is world's "last, best hope".

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Encouraging new ideas to meet net zero emissions strategy - Marta Smart

Anti-nuclear protesters demonstrate outside the Hinkley Point nuclear power station near Bridgwater, England (Picture: Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

How Green ideology has harmed the fight against climate change – Brian Wilson

Joe Biden and John Kerry, old men who remember the lessons of the past, may be the ones to finally galvanise the world into action against climate change (Picture: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Will grandfatherly wisdom save us from climate change? – Joyce McMillan

Glasgow is known for many things, including the traffic cone on the Duke of Wellington's statue. This year it could become synonymous with the fight against climate change (Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images)

How 'Glasgow' can become a byword for saving the planet – Ian Murray MP

Pope Francis is set to attend COP26 in Glasgow later this year.

Pope Francis planning to attend COP26 summit in Glasgow

US president Joe Biden, pictured here fist bumping newly sworn-in vice president Kamala Harris, has made his cabinet picks. (Pic: Getty Images)

Who’s who in US president Joe Biden's cabinet?

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki conducts her first news conference of the Biden Administration at the White House on 20 January 2021 (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Who is Jen Psaki, the new White House Press Secretary?

US President-elect Joe Biden has pledged that America will rejoin the Paris Agreement on climate change under his leadership (Picture: Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty)

What Biden's election means for fight against climate change – Dr Richard Dixon

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Joe Biden nominated as presidential nominee

World leaders promise £7bn in aid for Syrian refugees

John Kerry suggested that there could be more progress. Picture: Getty

Iran and UN agree nuclear inspectors deal

John Kerry and Benjamin Netenyahu. Picture: Reuters

Analysis: Netanyahu unlikely to give Kerry peace

Boston bombs: Suspect identified, sources say

Allan Massie: Talk of Special Relationship is pure nostalgia

MacAskill could be summoned to Washington to testify on Megrahi

Alex Salmond paves the way for Megrahi release

Alan Cumming interview: seen the future, got the t-shirt

The billion-dollar race for president

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Scribes groan as Kerry rants

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Kerry accuses Bush of trying to scare voters

Gun-toting Kerry goes hunting for geese and Ohio voters

California dreaming of a Kerry victory

100,000 march in Manhattan against Bush

Celebrity donors trying to turn tide for Kerry

Presidential girls enter White House race

Super-rich gunning for Bush

Bush seeks to convince voters he hasn't lost control in Iraq

A time for leadership as Bush feels the heat

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