Al Gore
Al Gore
Albert Arnold "Al" Gore Jr.is an American politician and environmentalist who served as the 45th Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. Chosen as Clinton's running mate in their successful 1992 campaign, he was reelected in 1996. At the end of Clinton's second term, Gore was the Democratic Party's nominee for President in 2000. After leaving office, Gore remained prominent as an author and environmental activist, whose work in climate change activism earned...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth31 March 1948
CountryUnited States of America
Signing the Protocol, while an important step forward, imposes no obligations on the United States. The Protocol becomes binding only with the advice and consent of the US Senate. As we have said before, we will not submit the Protocol for ratification without the meaningful participation of key developing countries in efforts to address climate change.
The climate crisis requires a bottom-up, grassroots demand for solutions because the elites in many parts of the world are under the influence of old industry.
The scientific evidence of how serious this climate crisis is becoming continues to amass week after week after week.
There are many who would much prefer that the word 'climate' never be mentioned and that the issue be eliminated from our national conversation.
The truth is that climate change is presenting the greatest challenge humanity has ever faced.
Although I have a variety of obligations, the climate crisis is my central concern.
The United States is the only nation that can lead the world toward a solution on climate change.
We're operating this planet like a business in liquidation.
We are running out of time, we must have a planetary solution to a planetary crisis.
The oil industry has outpaced the building of a public consensus of the implications of climate science.
This is by far the most serious crisis civilisation has ever faced.
I feel passionate about solving the climate crisis.
The catastrophe now threatening us is unprecedented - and we often confuse the unprecedented with the improbable.
Each and every one of us can make changes in the way we live our lives and become part of the solution [to climate change]