U.S. President Joe Biden speaks while John Kerry, U.S special presidential envoy for climate listens during the virtual Leaders Summit on Climate in the East Room of the White House in Washington
John Kerry, the U.S. special presidential envoy for climate, speaks at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., January 27, 2021. /Getty Editor's note: Radhika Desai is a professor of politi