The new urgency of climate change | Al Gore

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🗓️ 3 July 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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The coronavirus brought much of the world to a standstill, dropping carbon emissions by five percent. Al Gore says keeping those rates down is now up to us. In this illuminating interview, he discusses how the steadily declining cost of wind and solar energy will transform manufacturing, transportation and agriculture, offer a cheaper alternative to fossil fuels and nuclear energy and create millions of new jobs. Stay tuned for a lively debate about geoengineering and hear Gore's thoughts about how humanity can create a clean, prosperous future through a focused global effort and a generation of young people committed to change. (This virtual conversation, hosted by head of TED Chris Anderson, was recorded June 23, 2020.)

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0:00.0	You're listening to TED Talks Daily. I'm your host, Elise Hugh. The pandemic is deadly,
0:10.1	economically devastating, and traumatizing to the social fabric. But if there's one crisis that's more
0:16.2	severe and more potentially devastating, is climate change. So today on the show, we have climate advocate Al Gore.
0:23.5	He weaves how he's thinking about these two crises we're facing
0:26.6	into one conversation with head of Ted, Chris Anderson.
0:30.4	And stick around for this one.
0:31.7	I know it's going to be a bit longer than usual,
0:34.1	but it's worth it.
0:35.1	There's a lively debate about geoengineering halfway through
0:38.4	that's pretty priceless. So a huge pleasure to welcome for this conversation, Vice President Al Gore.
0:46.2	He served for eight years as vice president of the United States and to Bill Clinton,
0:51.6	during which time he, among many other things, elevated questions of science
0:57.3	and the environment. He came within one little hanging chad of becoming president. And then since then,
1:07.3	I think it's done more than any other human being over the last 20 years
1:12.9	to really elevate issues of the climate crisis to us all.
1:18.9	Hi, Chris.
1:20.1	Al, welcome.
1:21.6	So, look, just six months ago, I mean, it seems a lifetime ago, but it really was just six months ago,
1:29.1	climate seemed to be on the lips of every thinking person on the planet. Recent events seem to have swept it all
1:36.1	away from our attention. How worried are you about that? You know, I think this time people are
1:43.3	reacting differently to the climate crisis
1:47.6	in the midst of these other great challenges that have taken over our awareness appropriately.
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