John Kerry Tells COP31 The US Will Return To Climate Fight As Iran War Drives Surprise Dip In Fossil Fuel Emissions
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COP31: Trump’s war with Iran ‘has turned him into unintentional green campaigner’
As Energy Day gets underway at the COP31 Climate conference in Turkey, the former US Secretary of State John Kerry has told this programme that President Trump’s war with Iran has unintentionally turned him into an advocate for green energy – with businesses and consumers flocking to renewable sources as petrol prices soar. Mr Kerry went so far as to call Mr Trump “the new leverage”.
John Kerry Tells COP31 The US Will Return To Climate Fight As Iran War Drives Surprise Dip In Fossil Fuel Emissions
ANTALYA – In a tale of America at a crossroads, former US Secretary of State John Kerry declared at COP31 on Tuesday that the country would soon return to a leadership role in the global response to the climate crisis, as a new report found President Donald Trump’s war on Iran had inadvertently tipped global fossil fuel emissions into decline.
On the second day of COP31, Global Carbon Budget's annual report revealed that fossil energy emissions were declining, a phenomenon that was unprecedented in the 21st century and directly linked to the oil crisis. It remains to be seen whether the expected decline in oil and gas prices will lead to (or not) a rebound in these emissions.
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