Former Senator and Secretary of State John Kerry
John KerryEquilibrium/Sustainability — Dam failures cap a year of disasters Four environmental fights to watch in 2022 Meet the Democrats' last best hope of preserving a House majority MORE (D-Mass.) is launching a new bipartisan coalition of world leaders and celebrities to push for an active strategy against climate change on Sunday.
Dubbed "World War Zero," the activist group's goal is to unite "unlikely allies with one common mission: making the world respond to the climate crisis the same way we mobilized to win World War II," according to its website.
Headlining the group are former presidents Bill Clinton
William (Bill) Jefferson ClintonBiden, lawmakers mourn Harry Reid Democrats' problem isn't messaging; it's attitude Let's be honest: 2021 wasn't all bad MORE and Jimmy Carter
Jimmy CarterVP dilemma: The establishment or the base? Trump says he would not impose boycott against Beijing Olympics HHS says 'No thank you' to accountability MORE, former governors Arnold Schwarzenegger and John Kasich, Leonardo DiCaprio, Sting and Ashton Kutcher, the New York Times reports.
In total, there are over 60 founding members in the coalition.
In an interview with the Times, Kerry said that the coalition will hold town hall meetings around the country beginning in January.
"We’re going to try to reach millions of people, Americans and people in other parts of the world, in order to mobilize an army of people who are going to demand action now on climate change sufficient to meet the challenge,” Kerry told the paper.
Following the coalition's official launch Sunday, diplomats will gather in Madrid on Monday for global climate negotiations meant to strengthen the 2015 Paris Agreement.
President Trump
Donald Trump29 percent of GOP support efforts to charge accused Jan. 6 rioters: poll Trump warns Alaska GOP governor he'll revoke endorsement if he backs Murkowski Michigan Republican John James 'strongly considering' House run MORE is expected to withdraw the United States from the accords next year, which will make the U.S. the only country in the world not a part of the accords.
Additionally, a report from the United Nations this week showed that the world's richest nations are not doing enough to combat climate change, the Times reports. According to report, carbon emissions from China and the U.S., the world's largest polluters are increasing instead of decreasing.
