2023/11/01  

Al Gore on the Climate Crisis: “We Have a Switch We Can Flip”
The self-described “recovering politician” explains the stakes and the clear and present solution to our ongoing climate crisis. Plus, Rubén Blades on the transformative power of salsa.

Climate crisis at 'new level of seriousness' says Al Gore - BBC News

The global climate crisis has reached an “entirely new level of seriousness”, climate advocate Al Gore said.

The former US vice president said that a summer of climate change-related disasters showed that scientists have been proven correct, and that “we should pay more attention to what they are warning.”

He claimed that “the fossil fuel industry has turned out to be way better at capturing politicians than at capturing emissions”, after UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced plans to weaken key green policies.

In a blistering talk, Nobel Laureate Al Gore looks at the two main obstacles to climate solutions and gives his view of how we might actually solve the environmental crisis in time. You won't want to miss his searing indictment of fossil fuel companies for walking back their climate commitments -- and his call for a global rethink of the roles of polluting industries in politics and finance.