The General Services Administration finally sent the letter authorizing the start of the transition yesterday evening. But Biden’s team wasn’t just patiently waiting: even before the official letter went out, the transition team announced that it was creating a new special envoy position for climate change, and appointing long-time climate ally John Kerry to it. POLITICO’s Zack Colman on what Kerry could do from his new office, and what Biden’s reported pick for Treasury, Janet Yellen, has said she would like do about climate change. Anthony Adragna is an energy reporter for POLITICO and host of POLITICO Energy.Zack Colman is an energy reporter for POLITICOCarlos Prieto is a Politico podcast producer.Jenny Ament is the senior producer of POLITICO audio.Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices