John Podesta, a Biden advisor who also worked as a former chief of staff to Bill Clinton and an advisor to Barack Obama during their presidencies, will take over John Kerry’s role as senior adviser to the president on international climate policy, CBS News reports.
“In three years, Secretary Kerry has tirelessly trekked around the world — bringing American climate leadership back from the brink and marshaling countries around the world to take historic action to confront the climate crisis,” White House said in a statement. “We need to keep meeting the gravity of this moment, and there is no one better than John Podesta to make sure we do.”
The 80-year-old Kerry stepped down from the position earlier this year, having served as the lead on climate change policy since the beginning of the Biden Administration. He’s led domestic and international efforts to curb carbon emissions and as a former member of the chamber, helped to usher through the Senate some of the Biden Administration’s climate legislation.