Last Thursday, Secretary of State John Kerry met in Washington with leaders of forty-five nations to discuss the Islamic State, which he calls “ISIL,” and terrorism. Refering to that meeting, Kerry said Friday during a remarks at the Vienna International Center in Austria that working on climate change, specifically focused in these Vienna talks on chemicals used for cooling, is of “equal importance” to the fight against terrorism:
Yesterday, I met in Washington with 45 nations—defense ministers and foreign ministers—as we were working together on the challenge of Daesh, ISIL, and terrorism. It’s hard for some people to grasp it, but what we—you—are doing here right now is of equal importance because it has the ability to literally save life on the planet itself.
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