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Related: About this forumFormer U.S. VP Al Gore Reveals Shocking Data on Global Warming and Extreme Climate Events AC1N
Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and the Climate Trace Coalition present a groundbreaking briefing at COP30 in Belem, Brazil, revealing the latest data on global warming, extreme weather events, and ocean heat accumulation. Using satellites and AI, Climate Trace tracks man-made emissions across the globe, providing an independent source of climate information.
Al Gore highlights the devastating impacts of climate change: record droughts, wildfires, floods, ice melt in Greenland and Antarctica, coral reef degradation, and the emerging threat of climate refugees. The briefing underscores the urgent need for global cooperation, data transparency, and rapid climate action.
This COP30 session calls attention to how current policies and fossil fuel subsidies are worsening the climate crisis and emphasizes the importance of independent climate monitoring to hold governments accountable, particularly in light of actions by the Trump administration to stop EPA climate data collection.
BELEM Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore joined UN Climate Chief Simon Stiell at COP30 to emphasize the critical role of data in driving climate action. Speaking at the Amazon city of Belem, Gore and Stiell highlighted how accurate climate information, tracking emissions, and monitoring progress on national and global targets are essential to achieving Paris Agreement goals. The discussion focused on actionable insights, transparency, and the need for timely international cooperation to tackle global warming.
malaise
(291,413 posts)for visibility - important
J_William_Ryan
(3,167 posts)There was never an opportunity to address human-caused climate change, not with unwarranted opposition from the right.
TheFarseer
(9,735 posts)I think income inequality and managing AI are more pressing and people are more willing to listen on those issues. Theres no stomach for anything dealing with Climate Change that might cause prices to go up. You might be able to do something for Climate Change if it also helps income inequality (affordability). Anyone talking about making sacrifices for the planet is going to get crushed at the ballot box.
mahina
(20,181 posts)An immediately available funding source?
TheFarseer
(9,735 posts)Is a great idea if you can get Donald Trump to go along with it. Good luck
Bayard
(27,884 posts)I've been watching the 10 ways the Earth could be destroyed. In that kind of mood lately. My selection last night was, by water if the ocean currents quit doing their job as conveyor belts. Horrifying.
I greatly admire Al Gore and his commitment to climate change awareness.
hlthe2b
(112,235 posts)Sorry, but we can't all be "uber positive Pollyannas" continually...
hlthe2b
(112,235 posts)Not sure what more there is to say, except that we (and our progeny) are truly f'cked. No cavalier attitude in that comment, I can assure you.
mahina
(20,181 posts)Thank you.
HighFired49
(447 posts)doing anything globally cooperatively about global warming. It takes years to see benefits from applying remedies, to then seeing any actual changes in our climate. I spent the better part of my college career (1978-1985) studying climate change, and possible and necessary remedies to affect those changes. Scientists have been working on this issues since the 1970s, or earlier, and you can see how far we've gotten toward remediation, or even slowing the problem. Finding solutions to the issues of pollution and atmospheric warming are hard enough, but then trying to get 75-80% of the world's countries to agree to them is nearly impossible. We knew most of the causes and answers to the issues over 50 years ago, but you can see how far we've gotten in doing something about the problems. As long a BIG money is pulling the strings we have little hope of averting ecological and economic collapse.