Biden administration to treat climate change as ‘urgent national security threat’

The Biden administration is pushing environmental issues to the forefront with the announcement John Kerry will take on a new role as special presidential envoy for climate and sit on the National Security Council. Former secretary of state John Kerry will fight climate change full-time as special presidential envoy for climate and will sit on the National Security Council, the Biden transition team said in a news release. This marks the first time that the NSC will include an official dedicated to climate change. Mr Kerry equated climate change to an urgent national security threat in a tweet after the announcement. America will soon have a government that treats the climate crisis as the urgent national security threat it is, he said. I'm proud to partner with the president-elect, our allies, and the young leaders of the climate movement to take on this crisis as the president's climate envoy. The work we began with the Paris Agreement is far from done. I'm returning to government to get America back on track to address the biggest challenge of this generation and those that will follow. The climate crisis demands nothing less than all hands on deck. Mr Biden named his national security and foreign policy team on Tuesday, along with Mr Kerry, consisting of Antony Blinken, as secretary of state, Alejandro Mayorkas, as secretary of homeland security, Avril Haines, as director of national intelligence, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, as ambassador to the United Nations, Jake Sullivan, as national security adviser. Read More Our Apps