GLOBAL WARMING

GORE The forum has ░░░░░░░░ the title for this ░░░░░░░░ how do we avoid ░░░░░░░░ climate recession And I ░░░░░░░░ start off very briefly ░░░░░░░░ saying in my opinion ░░░░░░░░ see a climate policy ░░░░░░░░ but not a recession ░░░░░░░░ the energy transition because ░░░░░░░░ is controlled by governments ░░░░░░░░ too many governments are ░░░░░░░░ unfortunately controlled by special ░░░░░░░░ That may sound like ░░░░░░░░ radical diagnosis but it ░░░░░░░░ actually the truth of ░░░░░░░░ we re facing because ░░░░░░░░ fossil fuel industry is ░░░░░░░░ better at capturing politicians ░░░░░░░░ at capturing emissions and ░░░░░░░░ ve worked at it ░░░░░░░░ hard for more than ░░░░░░░░ century And so the ░░░░░░░░ has been a bit ░░░░░░░░ in some countries including ░░░░░░░░ own unfortunately with going ░░░░░░░░ in what I regard ░░░░░░░░ the right direction and ░░░░░░░░ all of a sudden ░░░░░░░░ on the brakes and ░░░░░░░░ to satisfy the fossil ░░░░░░░░ industry by going back ░░░░░░░░ the dirty fossil fuels ░░░░░░░░ in the real world ░░░░░░░░ advantages of renewable energy ░░░░░░░░ become so obvious everywhere ░░░░░░░░ the world and the ░░░░░░░░ of the climate crisis ░░░░░░░░ know last year 61 ░░░░░░░░ of the land mass ░░░░░░░░ the entire earth experienced ░░░░░░░░ least one month of ░░░░░░░░ drought My country is ░░░░░░░░ a rare winter drought ░░░░░░░░ now Massive fires in ░░░░░░░░ this week tens of ░░░░░░░░ displaced worries in Australia ░░░░░░░░ another Black Saturday event ░░░░░░░░ southern Australia and we ░░░░░░░░ seen 300 000 people ░░░░░░░░ from their homes two ░░░░░░░░ ago in Mozambique three ░░░░░░░░ ago 50 000 displaced ░░░░░░░░ South Africa In my ░░░░░░░░ we had 12 once ░░░░░░░░ a thousand year downpours ░░░░░░░░ a three day period ░░░░░░░░ year just as shocking ░░░░░░░░ my home state Tennessee ░░░░░░░░ even more in neighboring ░░░░░░░░ Carolina and parts of ░░░░░░░░ We had such a ░░░░░░░░ that in four days ░░░░░░░░ was as much rainfall ░░░░░░░░ would fall over the ░░░░░░░░ waterfall in two and ░░░░░░░░ half years It s ░░░░░░░░ quite dramatic in the ░░░░░░░░ Angeles fires and the ░░░░░░░░ goes on But on ░░░░░░░░ technology last year if ░░░░░░░░ look at all of ░░░░░░░░ new electricity generation installed ░░░░░░░░ 93 percent of it ░░░░░░░░ renewable And the only ░░░░░░░░ coming down faster in ░░░░░░░░ than solar panels is ░░░░░░░░ scale batteries because the ░░░░░░░░ is doubling every year ░░░░░░░░ we don t have ░░░░░░░░ recession in the movement ░░░░░░░░ this energy transition in ░░░░░░░░ opinion but we do ░░░░░░░░ in many countries not ░░░░░░░░ a climate policy recession.”