“We can win this climate battle,” says John Kerry, US climate envoy

“The world will arrive at a carbon-free economy,” assures John Kerry, guest of France Inter, who does not believe that “capitalism is the enemy.”

“We can win this battle” climate, “especially with what we did in Dubai” at COP28, assures John Kerry, the American envoy for the climate, Saturday December 16 on France Inter. Limit global warming to 1.5 degrees, “it’s achievablehe assures, It all depends on whether people make the right decisions.”. For the moment, “the world is not on the right track”, has already warned Inger Andersen, the executive director of the United Nations environment program.

The agreement adopted on Wednesday calls, among other things, for “transition out” (“transitioning away” from oil, gas and coal, with energy systems free of carbon emissions by mid-century. It also makes gas a transitional energy, a choice criticized by experts. “Gas can be part of the transition”supports John Kerry, because it is an energy “much cleaner” than oil and coal.

“I am absolutely convinced that the world will achieve a carbon-free economy”, also believes the former head of diplomacy of the United States. But there is no question of changing the economic system, to preserve the planet. “I don’t believe that it is capitalism, per se, which is the enemy”he asserts.

According to him, the law of supply and demand is even virtuous. Indeed, “if people ask or demand that there be alternative energy, let’s say clean energy, then there will be a market for all of that, and capitalism will follow”.