AL GORE SPEAKS OUT

Over 8.6 million people watch Al Gore challenge skeptics with new presentation; Al Gore uses recent weather devastation to challenge climate skeptics and urge people to face up to Climate Reality.
20 September 2011 (NeonDrum)

"…[In his new presentation, Al Gore included the shocking facts that the] ten hottest years on record occurred between 1998 and 2010, with 2010 being the hottest…400 million people were affected by serious drought between January and July 2011…[and] 2010 floods in Australia covered a size bigger than France and Germany combined…[and said ‘climate change is no longer a prediction: It’s a reality.’]

"…[The new presentation was part of] the global launch of [Gore’s] new Climate Reality Project...delivered live in a different city around the world, every hour for 24 hours [on September 14-15, spanning every time zone and 13 languages."


From ClimateReality via YouTube

"Billed to offer skeptics irrefutable proof and highlight the urgency for tackling climate change, the presentation projected devastating photographs and graphs linking extreme weather and anthropogenic climate change, and undermined the ‘red herrings’ such as impact of solar flares and volcanic eruptions.

"Although visually spectacular and factually shocking, there is concern about the ‘doom and gloom’ tone and whether the focus on extreme weather linking to climate will successfully convert skeptics…"