Former Secretary of State John Kerry was excoriated by critics Thursday for expressing hope that Russian President Vladmir Putin would help the world “stay on track” with fighting climate change despite the ongoing invasion of Ukraine by Russian armed forces.
Kerry’s comments came during an appearance Wednesday on BBC Arabic, in which Biden’s climate envoy also lamented the potential “emissions consequences” from the war in Ukraine and worried the attention of large countries would be “diverted” from fighting climate change because of the conflict.
“…Massive emissions consequences to the war, but equally importantly you’re going to lose people’s focus. You’re going to lose, certainly, big country attention because they will be diverted, and I think it could have a damaging impact,” Kerry said after stating that he was concerned about the people of Ukraine, as well as Russia’s willingness to “change boundaries of international law by force.”
“So, you know, hopefully I think President Putin would realize that in the northern part of his country, they used to live on – 66% percent of a nation that was over frozen land. Now it’s thawing and his infrastructure is at risk and the people of Russia are at risk,” he added. “And so I hope President Putin will help us to stay on track with respect to what we need to do for the climate.”
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Defeating Kerry was dodging almost as big a bullet as defeating Hillary. What kind of a carbon foot print do you think an all-out war creates, catsup boy?
Kerry lamented the potential “emissions consequences” from war.
Kerry has, at other times, lamented that poor people use dirty fuel to cook their foods and keep warm in 3rd world hellholes.
Gee, while he jets around, dines at fine restaurants and lounges in gigantic mansions, war and poor people eat into his potential carbon feast.
He’s like Bill F’n Gates who wishes his vaccines (HIS vaccines) could have killed more wastes-of-flesh among the human race.
How can a man who got rich by screwing wealthy old widows and a man who got rich off of making stuff out of sand (silicon) not realize the world’s economic “pie” is not a static thing?
There will be emissions if anyone hits any of Ukraine’s 15 nuclear reactors, or somehow screws up the Chernobyl containment.
FJB
Yes. And if those reactors are hit, that’s Biden’s fault too.
Kerry and Air Conditioners never forget how this fool realy stuck his foot in his mouth over the Air Conditioners