How John Podesta will move ahead with John Kerry’s carbon markets plans

The Energy Transition Accelerator is outgoing US climate envoy John Kerry’s project to mobilise finance for the transition from coal to clean in developing countries. Experts insist his successor, John Podesta, is well set to pick up the baton

Last month, the White House announced that President Joe Biden’s indefatigable, globe-trotting climate envoy, John Kerry, will step down this spring. His replacement, John Podesta, who currently oversees the implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act, will add “international climate envoy” to his portfolio.