Al Gore talks 'Climate Reality,' regrets and hopes for the grandkids.

[Uncle Joe]

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Q: What do you see as the greatest need at this moment in time to address the public perception about climate change?

A: “I would say the greatest need is for more grassroots advocates because the most persuasive advocates are those in your own community, people who you know, people whose reputation you can vouch for when they arm themselves with the facts. And you know, if they have the passion connected to advocacy, that's really the most important thing."

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Q: What do you see as the biggest success of The Climate Reality Project?

A: “We have had 55 trainings all around the world and we have had a lot of people go through this training who have gone on to make a big difference in the world. I could cite a number of examples. Christiana Figueres (a Costa Rican diplomat) went through one of the early trainings and went on to run the Paris Conference, which got the most important international agreement."

"One of our graduates, Steven Miles, was just elected premier of Queensland in Australia. We had a 13-year-old named Taylor Francis in California go through the training years ago. … Now he started a business that focuses on helping to solve the climate crisis.” (Francis completed the training in 2006 and now heads Watershed, a platform to help companies measure, report and reduce their carbon emissions.)"

“There were more than 300 graduates who were parts of their respective national delegations at COP 28 in Dubai, and they're often the most vigorous and vocal and active members of their respective delegations.”

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/03/17/al-gore-talks-climate-change-regrets/72959432007/