Kerry's State Department legacy

[karynnj]

1. The Iran deal and the Paris Climate accord would not have occured without him

No matter what happens going forward, the world is better that both of these things occured. It is a unprecidendented that close to 200 nations would commit to make the changes needed to halt claimate change.

It is obvious that Trump and his oil saturated cabinet will do what they can to destroy the Paris climate change. However, the other countries all signed on because they saw it in their interest to do so. The cost profile of green energy changed in the last 8 years and that is the way of the future.

I remember in 2007/2008, on the Kerry's book tour how they argued that with the federal government unable to move forward, the states, the cities and regions and private companies are where progress will be made. As SoS, he and Bloomberg actually had a forum for cities to share the things that worked and didn't work on energy - that was on going. He also met with the entrepreneurs cheering them on with information going both ways.

It is so depressing that the US will again be the obstacle, rather than a force moving things forward. Kerry was the leader on the climate accord, which had to be designed to make it possible for a US that would defeat any new legislation. It is so sad that we will not be on the side of good.