[Replay] Watch the 2021 TED Countdown Global Livestream | Take action on climate change

TL;DR

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Transcript

HI, I AM AL GORE AND AS SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW I AM ONE OF THOSE WHO HAS BEEN WORKING TO AWARENESS OF THE CLIMATE CRISIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME. 15 YEARS AGO, I WAS LUCKY TO WORK WITH A GREAT DIRECTOR, DAVIS GUGGENHEIM AND AN INCREDIBLE TEAM OF LAWMAKERS ON A DOCUMENTARY CALLED AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH ABOUT THE URGENT NEED FOR ACTION ON CL... Read More

Key Insights

• 🌍 Climate Crisis: The impacts of the climate crisis are getting worse, and faster than we are deploying solutions.

Questions & Answers

Q: What is the goal for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 2030?

The goal is to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030.

Q: What are some of the extreme weather events caused by climate change?

Summary & Key Takeaways

• Al Gore and the team behind the documentary "An Inconvenient Truth" have been working on raising awareness of the climate crisis for many years.

• Progress has been made in developing solutions to the crisis, but the impacts are still worsening faster than solutions are being deployed.

• Gore believes that the political tipping point has been reached and that collective action is needed to drive progress and create