John Kerry visits Indonesia and Vietnam

US Special Presidential Climate Envoy John Kerry will travel to Bali, Indonesia, from August 30 to September 1, to attend the G20 Environment and Climate Ministerial Meeting, where he will meet with his government counterparts to increase cooperation on the climate crisis and highlight the positive climate impact of the Inflation Reduction Act.

Secretary Kerry will then travel to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, from September 2-4, and to Hanoi, Vietnam, from September 4-6, to meet with government officials and civil society representatives.

This trip will also be an opportunity to participate in discussions on climate cooperation ahead of the 27th Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) to be held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, from 6 to November 18, 2022.

Before arriving in Asia, Kerry will stop in Athens, Greece, on August 28-29 to meet with his government peers, with whom he will discuss efforts to reduce global emissions, decarbonize shipping and continue the momentum of the Our Ocean Conferences.