Former Secretary of State and U.S. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., was knighted by King Charles III on Wednesday.

Kerry, 81, was given the “Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George” for his efforts to tackle climate change, according to the United Kingdom’s government website .

Because Kerry is not British, he did not receive the title “sir.” Kerry is not the only Massachusetts politician to be knighted by the crown. The late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was knighted in 2009.

As Secretary of State under President Barack Obama, Kerry signed the Paris Climate Accords on behalf of the United States in 2016. The global agreement’s goal was to keep the average global temperature from rising. During President Donald Trump’s first term in office, the United States withdrew from the accords but

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