John Kerry launches 'World War Zero' climate activism coalition

Former Senator and Secretary of State John KerryJohn Forbes KerryThe Democratic ticket Trump doesn’t want in 2020 Graham requests State Department documents on Bidens, Ukraine So long as Iran dominates the Middle East, a new Baghdadi will rise MORE (D-Mass.) is launching a new bipartisan coalition of world leaders and celebrities to push for an active strategy against climate change on Sunday.

Dubbed “World War Zero,” the activist group’s goal is to unite “unlikely allies with one common mission: making the world respond to the climate crisis the same way we mobilized to win World War II,” according to its website.

Headlining the group are former presidents Bill ClintonWilliam (Bill) Jefferson ClintonWhat if impeachment fails? Top Obama-era official says Trump is ‘destroying’ executive privilege amid investigations Ex-Clinton strategist met with Trump to talk impeachment MORE and Jimmy CarterJimmy CarterJimmy Carter released from hospital after successful surgery Trump makes his mark on courts amid impeachment storm Michelle Obama receives Grammy nomination for audio version of memoir MORE, former governors Arnold Schwarzenegger and John Kasich, Leonardo DiCaprio, Sting and Ashton Kutcher, the New York Times reports.

In total, there are over 60 founding members in the coalition. 

In an interview with the Times, Kerry said that the coalition will hold town hall meetings around the country beginning in January. 

“We’re going to try to reach millions of people, Americans and people in other parts of the world, in order to mobilize an army of people who are going to demand action now on climate change sufficient to meet the challenge,” Kerry told the paper.

Following the coalition’s official launch Sunday, diplomats will gather in Madrid on Monday for global climate negotiations meant to strengthen the 2015 Paris Agreement.

President TrumpDonald John TrumpKamala Harris aide says in resignation letter: ‘I’ve never seen staff treated so poorly’ New Iowa ad compares Booker to the ‘other Rhodes Scholar mayor’ Lawmakers bypass embattled Mulvaney in spending talks MORE is expected to withdraw the United States from the accords next year, which will make the U.S. the only country in the world not a part of the accords.

Additionally, a report from the United Nations this week showed that the world’s richest nations are not doing enough to combat climate change, the Times reports. According to report, carbon emissions from China and the U.S., the world’s largest polluters are increasing instead of decreasing.