Kerry warns geopolitics risk hurting climate efforts
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U.S. climate envoy John Kerry says that geopolitical tensions including the current crisis over Russia and Ukraine could hamper international efforts to curb global warming at a crucial time
BERLIN -- Geopolitical tensions including the current crisis between Russia and Ukraine could hamper international efforts to curb global warming at a crucial time, U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said Friday.
Speaking at the annual Munich Security Conference, the former Secretary of State warned that the rise in the cost of energy stoked by the crisis may make consumers and governments wary of taking tough measures needed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
“It’s not going to be positive because it’s going to distract rather enormously,” Kerry said of the current tensions.
“The prices of fuel will inevitably rise even more," he said. “It will push people towards the path of least resistance, which we are already too much locked into, and that will bring about the path of greatest destruction."
