From: TED Talks Daily - Thursday Jun 02, 2022 12:01 pm
This Is the Moment to Take On Climate Change
"Political will is itself a renewable resource."

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We have to stop destroying our future

10:26 minutes · TED2022

Lighting up the TED stage, Nobel laureate Al Gore takes stock of the current state of climate progress and calls attention to institutions that have failed to honor their promises by continuing to pour money into polluting sectors. He explains how the financial interests of fossil fuel companies have blocked the policymaking process in key countries -- and calls for a global epiphany to take on the climate crisis. "Do not give up hope," Gore says. "And remember always that political will is itself a renewable resource."

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