Al Gore Warns of One Billion Climate Refugees if Climate Action Not Taken
Former VP Urges Overcoming Fossil Fuel Influence, Emphasizes Role of Grassroots Pressure
- Former Vice President Al Gore warns of the potential for one billion climate refugees in the coming decades if action is not taken to combat climate change.
- Gore emphasizes the need to overcome the influence of big fossil fuel polluters and transition to renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power.
- He suggests that the survival of civilization is at stake, with areas of the world becoming physiologically unlivable due to heat and humidity.
- Gore highlights the role of grassroots pressure in pushing for climate action and breaking the political power of the fossil fuel industry.
- He also warns of the potential loss of capacity for self-governance due to the scale of climate migration.