US envoy Kerry positive for COVID as UN climate talks drag


              German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock speaks during a news conference at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit, Friday, Nov. 18, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
            
              Frans Timmermans, executive vice president of the European Commission, second from right, walks through the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit on his way out on Friday, Nov. 18, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
            
              Xie Zhenhua, right, China's special envoy for climate, walks through the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit, Friday, Nov. 18, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
            
              Frans Timmermans, executive vice president of the European Commission, second from right, walks through the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit, Friday, Nov. 18, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
            
              Germany's climate envoy Jennifer Morgan walks through the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit, Friday, Nov. 18, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
            
              Attendees listen to a review of the state of discussions at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit, Friday, Nov. 18, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
            
              A hand reads "pay" calling for reparations for loss and damage at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit, Friday, Nov. 18, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
            
              Activists take part in a protest at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit, Friday, Nov. 18, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
            
              A delegate from Burundi listens to a review of the state of discussions at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit, Friday, Nov. 18, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
            
              Sameh Shoukry, president of the COP27 climate summit, leaves after a review of the state of discussions at the summit, Friday, Nov. 18, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
            
              Akihiro Nishimura, minister of the environment of Japan, reviews notes with others at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit, Friday, Nov. 18, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
            
              Climate activist Mitzi Jonelle Tan, center, of the Philippines, hands say "pay up" as she and others take part in a protest at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit, Friday, Nov. 18, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
            
              Nakeeyat Dramani Sam, of Ghana, holds a sign that reads "payment overdue" at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit, Friday, Nov. 18, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. She made a plea for negotiators at the summit to come to an agreement that could help curb global warming. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
            
              Wael Aboulmagd, special representative of COP presidency, left, listens with Sameh Shoukry, president of the COP27 climate summit, at the summit, Friday, Nov. 18, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
            
              U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry speaks during a session on the Global Methane Pledge at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
US envoy Kerry positive for COVID as UN climate talks drag