John Kerry to speak at Signet Library and be admitted as WS fellow
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John Kerry
John Kerry is to speak at the Signet Library on 24 August.
The event will launch the WS Society’s annual joint series of ‘Scottish Global Dialogues’ with Beyond Borders, to feature guests of international standing, held each year during the Edinburgh Festivals.
Mr Kerry is an American attorney, politician and diplomat who served as the 68th United States secretary of state from 2013 to 2017, in the Obama administration. He represented Massachusetts in the Senate from 1985 to 2013.
He was the Democratic nominee for president in the 2004 election, but lost to George W. Bush. In January 2021, Mr Kerry assumed a full-time position in President Biden’s administration serving as a special envoy for climate.
He will make a keynote address on climate and will be admitted as a fellow of the WS Society.
Admission to the event is by invitation only. It will, however, also be livestreamed – the details for which will be circulated in due course.
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