I believe that the situation we face, Mr. President, is as dangerous as any of the sort of real crises that we talk about — today we had a hearing in the Foreign Relations Committee on the subject of Syria, and we all know what’s happening with respect to Iran, and nuclear weapons and the possibility even of a war,” Kerry said.
Well, this issue [climate change] actually is of as significant a level of importance, because it affects life itself on the planet, he said.