What the world wants from John Kerry

Published: Jan. 21, 2021, 10 a.m.

Joe Biden closed his inauguration day by signing myriad of executive orders, including ordering the return to the Paris Climate Agreement and stopping the Keystone XL pipeline. And while the eyes of the world were fixated on the transition, climate hawks eyed John Kerry, the incoming top official on climate diplomacy. POLITICO’s Ryan Heath, Zack Colman, Karl Mathiesen and Maura Forrest, on what the world climate leaders want Kerry to achieve in the Biden administration. Zack Colman is an energy reporter for POLITICO. Ryan Heath is POLITICO's senior editor and the author of POLITICO's Global Translations. Maura Forrest is an energy and environment reporter for POLITICO Pro Canada.  Karl Mathiesen is POLITICO Europe's senior climate correspondent. Anthony Adragna is an energy reporter for POLITICO and host of POLITICO Energy. Carlos Prieto is a Politico podcast producer. Jenny Ament is the senior producer of POLITICO audio. Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio.