{"id":879979,"date":"2021-10-14T16:28:58","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T20:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=879979"},"modified":"2021-10-14T16:29:03","modified_gmt":"2021-10-14T20:29:03","slug":"john-kerry-refuses-to-single-out-china-for-not-setting-climate-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/john-kerry-refuses-to-single-out-china-for-not-setting-climate-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"John Kerry Refuses To Single Out China For Not Setting Climate Goals"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjohn-kerry-refuses-to-single-out-china-for-not-setting-climate-goals%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=879979&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Climate envoy John Kerry applauded climate actions made by the U.S. and other countries, but refused to single out China for not setting substantive goals for cutting emissions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a lot of things to still come across the transom and that will sort of decide where we are overall and which countries have neglected to do what is responsible,\u201d Kerry <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rLWrBm7SRXo&amp;t=203s\">told<\/a> the Associated Press in an interview.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not talking about any specific country,\u201d Kerry added when asked about China.<\/p>\n<p>Kerry, who President Joe Biden appointed to lead international climate negotiations, acknowledged that goals set during an upcoming international conference are likely to fall far short of targets, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/climate-change-business-john-kerry-united-states-european-union-2d7dd2aa3ffef336ff88fdde314c5549\">according<\/a> to the AP. The former secretary of state previously hyped the United Nations climate conference as \u201cthe last, best chance\u201d to set achievable goals for cutting emissions. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/10\/11\/united-states-european-union-methane-emissions-climate-change-china-russia-india\/\">(RELATED: Biden Climate Pact Hobbles US Manufacturing And Agriculture But Gives China, India, Russia A Pass)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While he applauded efforts made by the Biden administration, he expressed disappointment that Congress has dragged its heels on passing the $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation, a proposal loaded with a series of green energy provisions, the AP reported. The sweeping package includes the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eenews.net\/articles\/what-a-clean-electricity-payment-plan-means-for-gas-ccs\/\">Clean Energy Payment Program<\/a>, which punishes utility companies that don\u2019t produce clean energy while rewarding those that do.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat obviously would hurt,\u201d Kerry told the AP. \u201cIf the United States can\u2019t do some of the things that are necessary to make the transition, clearly that would be harmful but I hope and pray that the Congress is going to be able to pass central elements of what President Biden has put forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7302053\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"33\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7302053\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during the United Nations Biodiversity Conference on Tuesday. (STR\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The White House has separately announced goals of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2021\/04\/22\/fact-sheet-president-biden-sets-2030-greenhouse-gas-pollution-reduction-target-aimed-at-creating-good-paying-union-jobs-and-securing-u-s-leadership-on-clean-energy-technologies\/\">cutting emissions<\/a> by 50% by 2030, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2021\/04\/22\/fact-sheet-president-biden-sets-2030-greenhouse-gas-pollution-reduction-target-aimed-at-creating-good-paying-union-jobs-and-securing-u-s-leadership-on-clean-energy-technologies\/\">ensuring<\/a> 100% carbon-free electricity by 2035 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2021\/04\/22\/fact-sheet-president-biden-sets-2030-greenhouse-gas-pollution-reduction-target-aimed-at-creating-good-paying-union-jobs-and-securing-u-s-leadership-on-clean-energy-technologies\/\">achieving<\/a> net-zero emissions by 2050. The administration has also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2021\/08\/05\/fact-sheet-president-biden-announces-steps-to-drive-american-leadership-forward-on-clean-cars-and-trucks\/\">pushed<\/a> for 50% of vehicles purchased in 2030 to be electric, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2021\/09\/21\/remarks-by-president-biden-before-the-76th-session-of-the-united-nations-general-assembly\/\">announced<\/a> the U.S. would double its commitment to international climate efforts and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.doi.gov\/pressreleases\/secretary-haaland-outlines-ambitious-offshore-wind-leasing-strategy\">unveiled<\/a> a plan to build seven wind farms around the country.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/14\/european-union-john-kerry-european-commission\/\">EU<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-politics-58792261\">U.K.<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/japan-aims-to-double-solar-renewable-energy-over-next-decade-11626847878\">Japan<\/a> have all proposed similar initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>China, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wri.org\/insights\/interactive-chart-shows-changes-worlds-top-10-emitters\">produces the largest amount<\/a> of emissions in the world, has stopped short of setting concrete climate goals ahead of the upcoming conference. Chinese President Xi Jinping <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/cgtn-xi-jinping-unveils-new-measures-at-cop15-to-strive-for-a-beautiful-china-301399536.html\">said<\/a> Tuesday that his government would give $233 million to a new biodiversity fund and teased a future plan to address emissions.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, Jinping <a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/09\/1073052\">announced<\/a> China would achieve carbon neutrality by 2060, but failed to lay out specific policies. He added that the world was one \u201cbig family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kerry&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/special-presidential-envoy-for-climate-john-kerrys-visit-to-japan-and-the-peoples-republic-of-china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recently traveled<\/a> to China to negotiate climate policies, but has failed to convince the nation to step up its climate efforts, the AP reported.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Climate envoy John Kerry applauded climate actions made by the U.S. and other countries, but refused to single out China for not setting substantive goals for cutting emissions.\u201cWe have a &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-879979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/879979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=879979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/879979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=879979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=879979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=879979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}