Joe Biden announces John Kerry as pick to be first ever US climate envoy –video

President-elect Joe Biden seeks to blunt criticism from leftwingers as he formally introduces his first round of cabinet nominations, by emphasising the fight against the climate crisis.

Biden says that in John Kerry, a former secretary of state and presidential nominee, America will have a full-time climate leader for the first time, someone with 'a seat at every table around the world'

• Biden emphasises fight against climate crisis as he unveils cabinet picks