EXTRA: Fart sound interrupts John Kerry’s speech during COP28 panel session

Videos showing how John Kerry, United States special presidential envoy on climate, was interrupted by a fart sound during a COP28 panel session in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), have surfaced on the internet.

Kerry was speaking on US policy on coal power plants at the climate change conference on Sunday before the interference.

“There shouldn’t be any more coal-fired power plants permitted anywhere in the world,” the US climate envoy said.

“I find myself getting more and more militant because I do not understand how adults who are in a position of responsibility can be avoiding responsibility for taking away those things that are killing people on a daily basis…,” Kerry added before the sound erupted.

In videos shared on social media, Becky Anderson, managing editor of CNN Abu Dhabi, who sat next to the US official, immediately jerks her head aside and places a hand to her mouth.

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After pausing for a split second in what appears to be a brief moment of realisation, Kerry continued his speech.

“And the reality is that the climate crisis and the health crisis are one and the same,” he said.

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