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World Is Falling Behind in Climate Battle, Kerry Warns

  • Environmental ministers from two dozen nations meet Thursday
  • Too many coal power plants on the drawing board, Kerry says

John Kerry speaks during an interview on the David Rubenstein Show in Washington, on Jan. 26.

Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg
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U.S. climate chief John Kerry is set to warn roughly two dozen nations Thursday that the world isn’t moving fast enough to arrest global warming, as countries burn more coal and clean energy legislation falters in Congress.

“We’re not in a good track right now,” Kerry said in an interview for an episode “The David Rubenstein Show: Peer-to-Peer Conversations” set to be broadcast on Feb. 16. “The world is not serious enough about reducing our emissions fast enough.”