John Kerry: ‘We’re on the Brink of Needing to Declare a Climate Emergency, Which Is What We Really Have’

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KERRY: “So, I think, personally, we’re on the brink of needing to declare a climate emergency, which is what we really have. And we need to get people to behave as if this really is a major transitional challenge to the whole planet, to everybody. People in Africa don’t have electricity, need to choose the right kinds of electricity, and we need to help them be able to afford it and do it. We are the largest economy in the world, $24 trillion or $23 trillion economy, maybe more by now. The next closest is China at about $18 trillion. And the next closest to the two of us? Germany and Japan at $4 trillion. That’s how far it drops down.”