John Kerry will leave the White House

Mr. John Kerry at the United Nations climate summit COP26 in Scotland in 2021 (Photo: New York Times).

Mr. Kerry will leave his position after three years leading US climate diplomacy under the administration of President Joe Biden, many US news agencies reported.

Axios first reported the news. The New York Times said the State Department had confirmed Kerry's plans to resign. The White House has not commented.

After leaving the White House, Mr. Kerry plans to support Mr. Biden's campaign by promoting the 46th US president's efforts to combat global warming.

Multiple officials familiar with the matter said that Mr. Kerry informed Mr. Biden and his subordinates of his intention to resign on January 10 and January 13, respectively.

Sources said he will still attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) in January and is expected to attend the Munich Security Conference in February.

Mr Kerry, the 80-year-old former secretary of state and former Democratic presidential candidate, has led US negotiations at three international climate summits (COPs), the most recent being COP28 held in Dubai.

Mr. John Kerry paid special attention to restarting international climate negotiations between the US and China, and was a key player in negotiating the Sunnylands agreement in November 2023, a multi-sectoral climate agreement between the two countries before COP28.

Long before joining the Biden administration, Kerry had been working on climate issues. As secretary of state, he helped negotiate the Paris agreement, adopted by nearly 200 countries in 2015 to address the negative impacts of climate change.

Both Vietnam veterans, Mr. Kerry and the late Senator John McCain became two active figures promoting the normalization of Vietnam-US relations.

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