US envoy Kerry says world needs a 'wartime mentality' over climate

The world needed to adopt a "wartime mentality" to face the challenge posed by climate change, said US climate envoy John Kerry on Monday.

US climate envoy John Kerry said on Monday the world needed to adopt a "wartime mentality" to face the challenge posed by climate change, urging development banks to scale up their green finance efforts. While countries covering 55% of global GDP came out of President Biden's recent climate summit committed to net zero emissions by 2050, much deeper action was needed between now and 2030 for the mid-century goals to have any chance of success.