HomeOffice of the SpokespersonPress Releases...Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry Travels to the People’s Republic of China and the Republic of Korea hide Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry Travels to the People’s Republic of China and the Republic of Korea Media Note Office of the Spokesperson April 13, 2021 Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry will travel to Shanghai and Seoul April 14-17, 2021, to discuss raising global climate ambition ahead of President Biden’s Leaders Summit on Climate April 22-23 and the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change later this year. For media inquiries, please contact ClimateComms@state.gov. Tags Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs China Climate Change Office of the Spokesperson Office of the U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate Official International Travel South Korea