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John Kerry. Picture: AP Photo/Alastair Grant

John Kerry indicates he disagrees with UK Government on North Sea oil and gas

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

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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)

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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)

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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

US president Donald Trump has called Greta Thunberg's selection as Time Person of the Year 'ridiculous'

Donald Trump tells Greta Thunberg to 'chill' and calls her Time Person of the Ye...

Daniel Day-Lewis has announced that Phantom Thread, out in February, will be his final film

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Sunset over Blacklaw Wind Farm, near Forth. Pic Ian Rutherford

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Opposition leader Raila Odinga raises a fist as a sign of victory to his supporters as he leaves the Supreme Court in downtown Nairobi, Kenya. Picture: AP Photo/Ben Curtis

Kenyans face second vote after election results are nullified

US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with European Union Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini. Picture; PA

World diplomats in Paris to urge renewed Middle East peace talks

US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks about Israeli-Palestinian policy. Picture: AP

John Kerry defends UN abstention in face of Israeli criticism

Secretary of State John Kerry inside the historic Shackleton hut near McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Picture: PA

John Kerry becomes the most senior US official to visit Antartica

Kerry was also presented with the Tipperary International Peace Award for 2015. Picture: AP

John Kerry in Ireland for Brexit talks and peace prize

Boris Johnson has indicated a backing for a no-bombing zone in Syria. Picture: PA

Boris Johnson wants no-bombing zone in Syria

Russian President Vladimir Putin
Picture: AP

Johnson plea to Putin over '˜salvation of Aleppo'

Smoke rises after warcraft carries out an airstrike over residential areas at Arbin. Picture;

West has ability to enforce a no-fly zone- Andrew Mitchell

'No' supporters celebrate following their victory in the referendum. Picture: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Colombians reject FARC peace deal in shock referendum result

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon shakes hands with the top commander of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, Picture Fernando Vergara

Historic Columbian peace treaty between government and rebels

A house in Syria destroyed in the conflict.

Syrian foreign minister says ceasefire is still viable

A man carries a baby after removing him from the rubble of a destroyed building in Aleppo. Picture: AFP/Getty Images

Medics killed in Syria airstrike a day after convoy attack

Syrian children play on a street in a residential suburb of the Syrian capital Damascus, on the second day of the Eid al-Adha Muslim holiday. Picture: Getty

Syria cease-fire holding, as only sporadic minor fighting seen

Officials suggested that John Kerry would not travel. Picture: Getty

Syrian deal unlikely as US and Russian officials meet for talks

US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov were consulting with their governments ahead of todays continuation of discussions. Picture: AP

No agreement as yet between Russia and US on way ahead in Syria

Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, left, and US secretary of state John Kerry share a joke Picture: Kirsty Wigglesworth/PA Wire

Boris Johnson challenged over '˜lies' at press conference

Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, second from right, speaks with other ministers before Monday's meeting. Picture: AP

Boris Johnson shows '˜humility' at Brussels summit

EasyJet CEO Carolyn McCall has already threatened to move her companys HQ from Luton to a European city. Picture: AFP/Getty Images

Lesley Riddoch: Can SNP save the UK from Brexit?

Herder Pagvajaviin Shatarbaatar casts his vote in Mandalgovi in the Gobi desert. Picture: Getty

Slowdown in China's economy overhangs Mongolia's election

Iain Duncan Smith told Andrew Marr yesterday that the public would not accept a new prime minister who was not a Brexit supporter. Picture: BBC

UK could adopt '˜Brexit-lite' approach of quitting EU
The UK could adopt a 'Brexit-lite' approach to leaving the EU which would allow Âcontinued membership of key institutions like the Âsingle market, Foregin Se...

John Kerry meets Italian Foreign minister Paolo Gentiloni in Rome. Picture: AFP/Getty

John Kerry urges UK & EU to manage negotiations responsibly

Chinas steel industry is dumping steel on global markets, threatening jobs around the world. Picture: Getty Images

US demands China cuts excess steel '˜flooding' global markets

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Picture: AFP/Getty Images

Netanyahu rages at Iran over '˜Holocaust' cartoon contest

From left, G7 foreign ministers the EUs Federica Mogherini, Canadas Stephane Dion, Westminsters Philip Hammond, John Kerry, Japans Fumio Kishida, Germanys Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Italys Paolo Gentiloni and Frances Jean-Marc Ayrault pose after laying a wreath at the Memorial Cenotaph in Hiroshima. Picture: Getty

Kerry says Hiroshima should teach human race to avoid conflict

Two car bombs in the central city of Homs killed at least 57 people and wounded dozens more. Picture: AFP/Getty

Bombs in Syrian cities leave 140 dead ahead of ceasefire

Filipino protesters in Makati City burn an effigy of a missile at the Chinese embassy. Picture: AP

China blames US for ratcheting up South China Sea tensions

US Secretary of State John Kerry is flanked by Russias foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and UN special envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura in Munich. Picture: Getty Images

World powers continue attempt to negotiate Syria ceasefire

German Chancellor Angela Merkel shakes hands with David Cameron in London. Picture: PA

World leaders promise Â£7bn in aid for Syrian refugees

World leaders promise £7bn in aid for Syrian refugees

A photgraph from the official Facebook page of the Syrian presidency shows Bashar al-Assad and his wife Asma al-Assad pose for a selfie with a Syrian man as they attend a Christmas choral presentation at the Lady of Damascus Catholic Church in the Syrian capital

UN backing offers hope for solution to Syria

John Kerrys agenda includes Syria, IS and Ukraine. Picture: AP

John Kerry to seek ‘common ground’ on Russia visit

Montenegro's Deputy Prime minister Igor Luksic (left) and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Brussels. Picture: AFP/Getty Images

Nato invitation to Montenegro prompts Russian warning

A man walks past the bus that exploded Tuesday in Tunis. Picture: AP

Tunis in state of emergency after terror attack

Security on the Champs Elysee was heightened. Picture: AP

Another fugitive still on the run after Paris massacres, say police

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

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Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

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