Al Gore

The drought last year and continuing at some level in the Amazons, the worst drought in the history of the Brazilian Amazon.

Ninety percent of the Amazon River in Colombia went dry.

This is the third year in a row that we've had these massive fires in Canada.

When I left Tennessee to fly over here, we were breathing in Nashville, Tennessee smoke from the Canadian wildfires.

And they're still getting worse.

Today, the wildfires have doubled over the last 20 years in frequency, and they're due to increase even more.

Is it realistic to ignore the massive health impacts of the climate crisis?

You know, the World Health Organization has long told us it is the most serious health threat facing humanity.

Just last week, the University of Manchester released a new study warning that three species of fungi in the next 15 years, because of increasing temperatures and increasing precipitation, will pose a significant risk of infection to millions of people.

The fact that the fungi are being pushed into the range where they can threaten humans, that is not a fiction.

The particulate air pollution from the burning of fossil fuels kills almost nine million people a year, costs almost three trillion dollars per year from the burning of fossil fuels for both energy and petrochemicals.

Cancer Alley is the stretch that runs from New Orleans to Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

In the middle of

Cancer Alley Reserve, Louisiana, has the highest cancer rate in the United States, 50 times the national average, and they want to put even more petrochemical facilities there.

Is it realistic to totally ignore the acidification of the world's oceans?

30 percent more acid than before the Industrial Revolution, and 93 percent of all the heat is being absorbed in the oceans.

That's why the coral reefs are in such danger.

Eighty-four percent in danger right now.

We've seen massive die-offs.

That's why a lot of the fish are at risk.