>>> ONE PERSON WHO CAN REALLY
TOUCH ON EVERY SINGLE HEADLINE
WE JUST TALKED ABOUT, FORMER
VICE PRESIDENT AL GORE.
MR. GORE, OF COURSE, THE
CO-FOUNDER AND CHAIRMAN OF THE
CLIMATE REALITY PROJECT.
MR. VICE PRESIDENT, THANK YOU
FOR JOINING US ON THIS FRIDAY
MORNING.
>> THANK YOU.
GREAT TO BE WITH YOU.
HAPPY JUNETEENTH.
>> HAPPY JUNETEENTH, SIR.
WE’LL GET TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN
JUST A MOMENT.
FIRST, AS WE JUST MENTIONED, THE
SUPREME COURT ON THURSDAY
DEALING ANOTHER BLOW TO THE
ADMINISTRATION RULING TO UPHOLD
DACA.
YOUR REACTION TO THE RULING?
>> OH, I WELCOME THE RULING.
I THINK IT’S A WONDERFUL RELIEF
FOR ALL OF THESE DREAMERS.
AND I HOPE THAT THIS RULING
STICKS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
THEY’LL GO BACK AND TRY TO DO IT
AGAIN, I’M SURE.
BUT THEY DESERVE A PATH TO
CITIZENSHIP.
I WAS HAPPY ABOUT THE RULING.
>> LET’S TALK ABOUT POLICE
REFORM, OF COURSE.
TOP OF MIND FOR SO MANY FOLKS IN
OUR COUNTRY RIGHT NOW.
WHEN YOU WERE VICE PRESIDENT, I
RECALL YOU SUPPORTED MORE
FUNDING FOR POLICE.
THERE IS A MOVEMENT AFOOT, OF
COURSE, AS YOU KNOW, TO
REALLOCATE FUNDS IN MANY POLICE
DEPARTMENTS ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY.
WHAT IS YOUR POSITION ON THAT
NOW?
>> WELL, I THINK THE WHOLE
COUNTRY HAS LEARNED AN AWFUL LOT
OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DECADES
ABOUT WHAT WORKS THE BEST AND
WHAT DOESN’T WORK.
AND, YES, WE SHOULD NOT DEFUND
EDUCATION AND DEFUND HEALTH
CARE.
AND THE WORD DEFUND CAUSES SOME
CONFUSION.
BUT I THINK THAT MOST PEOPLE ARE
STRONGLY IN FAVOR OF
RE-ALLOCATING AND RESORTING
FUNDS TO HAVE MENTAL HEALTH
PROFESSIONALS AND YOUTH PROGRAMS
AND ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT IN
THE PAST HAVE BEEN PUT ON THE
SHOULDERS OF POLICE DEPARTMENTS
IN ADDITION TO THEIR TRADITIONAL
MISSION.
I THINK WE CAN DO IT BETTER.
>> AND, MR. VICE PRESIDENT, ONE
MORE TOPIC BEFORE WE GET TO THE
CLIMATE REALITY PROGRAM.
OVERNIGHT SENATOR AMY KLOBUCHAR
DROPPED OUT OF VP CONSIDERATION
SAYING VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN
SHOULD CHOOSE A WOMAN OF COLOR.
YOU HAVE A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE.
YOU WERE A VICE PRESIDENT.
YOU HAD TO CHOOSE A
VICE-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE.
WHAT QUALITIES WOULD YOU ADVISE
VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN TO LOOK FOR
FOR A RUNNING MATE?
>> WELL, JOE BIDEN HIMSELF HAS
SAID THAT HIS PRINCIPLE CRITERIA
IS GOING TO BE WHO WILL BE READY
TO BECOME PRESIDENT ON A
MOMENT’S NOTICE IF THAT SHOULD
BECOME NECESSARY.
THAT’S THE RIGHT WAY TO THINK
ABOUT IT.
AND I THINK HE’S LOOKING AT A
VERY TALENTED FIELD.
AND HE’S GOING TO MAKE A GOOD
CHOICE, I’M SURE.
>> OKAY.
LET’S TALK ABOUT THE CLIMATE
REALITY PROJECT.
YOU’VE GOT THIS TRAINING PROGRAM
COMING UP.
IT’S GOING TO BE HELD VIRTUAL
LYLE FOR THELY
FOR THE FIRST TIME.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSISTENT
CAD VOLUNTARY KACY FOR SOLUTIONS
TO THE CLIMATE CRISIS.
YOU REALLY ARE DOING GREAT WORK
ON IT.
I DID -- I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
IT.
THIS WILL BE THE 44th TIME THAT
I HAVE TRAINED PEOPLE FROM
AROUND THE WORLD TO BECOME
CLIMATE ACTIVISTS.
WE GIVE THEM EVERYTHING THEY
NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE SCIENCE,
ABOUT THE SOLUTIONS,
COMMUNICATIONS, AND ADVOCACY
SKILLS AND CONNECT THEM WITH A
NETWORK AND MENTORS AND THIS IS
THE FIRST GLOBAL TRAINING AND
THE FIRST VIRTUAL TRAINING,
ALTHOUGH THE PREVIOUS 43 HAVE
HAD PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE
WORLD.
BUT THIS ONE IS UNIQUE.
ITS JULY 18th THROUGH JULY 26th.
90 MINUTES TO TWO HOURS EACH DAY
DURING THAT WEEK PLUS PERIOD.
AND THIS IS PART OF A CONTINUING
EFFORT TO BUILD GRASSROOTS
MOMENTUM TO PRESSURE
POLICYMAKERS AND COUNTRIES ALL
OVER THE WORLD TO GET BUSY WITH
THE SOLUTIONS TO THE CLIMATE
CRISIS.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SEEN FROM THE
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC THE DANGERS
OF IGNORING THE SCIENTISTS WHEN
THEY SHISSUE THE DIRE WARNINGS A
THE CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE ARE
NOT JUST FOR MONTHS OR YEARS BUT
FOR CENTURIES OR EVEN LONGER
UNLESS WE GET OUR ACT TOGETHER.
SO THIS TRAINING, YOU CAN SIGN
UP BY GOING TO
CLIMATEREALITY.COM.
AND I HOPE PEOPLE WILL.
THANK YOU AGAIN, AL, FOR WHAT
YOU’RE DOING.
>> AMEN TO THAT, MR. VICE
PRESIDENT.
YOU JUST MENTIONED THE PANDEMIC
AND ONE OF THE POSITIVE EFFECTS
IT’S HAD, ONE OF THE FEW
POSITIVE EFFECTS, AN 78% DROP IN
GREEN HOUSE GASES.
HOW DO WE BUILD ON THAT PROGRESS
SPECIFICALLY, MR. PRESIDENT, AS
FOLKS DO START TO GET OUT MORE?
>> WELL, THAT’S A LITTLE BIT OF
AN ILLUSION BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
AS ECONOMIST SAID WE PUT THE
ECONOMY IN THE EQUIVALENT OF A
MEDICALLY INDUCED COMA.
COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD HAVE
DONE THAT.
AND NATURALLY THE EMISSIONS ARE
GOING TO GO DOWN AS ECONOMIC
ACTIVITY GOES DOWN WITHOUT
CHANGING OVER TO OTHER FUEL
SOURCES.
BUT WE SAW WITH THE GREAT
RECESSION A SIMILAR EFFECT AND
THEN WHEN THE ECONOMY CAME BACK,
THE EMISSIONS CAME BACK.
AND MOST OF THE EXPERTS THINK
THAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN THIS TIME
AS WELL.
HOWEVER, THIS IS A OCCURRING,
CRAIG, AGAINST A BACKDROP OF
RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY FROM SOLAR
AND WIND COMING DOWN SO RAPIDLY
IN COST IT’S NOW CHEAPER THAN
FOSSIL FUEL ELECTRICITY IN MOST
OF THE WORLD.
AND WITH THE MANDATES IN MANY
PLACES TO USE THE CHEAPEST
ELECTRICITY FIRST, WE’RE SEEING
FOSSIL ELECTRICITY GO DOWN EVEN
AS RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY IS
GOING UP.
SAME THING WITH ELECTRIC
VEHICLES WITHIN A COUPLE OF
YEARS, THEY’RE GOING TO BE COST
COMPETITIVE AND PEOPLE ALREADY
WHO TRY THEM ALREADY PREFER
THEM.
AND SO I THINK THIS IS A TIME
FOR A GREAT RESET.
WE’VE GOT TO FIX A LOT OF THESE
PROBLEMS THAT HAVE BEEN ALLOWED
TO FESTER FOR WAY TOO LONG.
AND THE CLIMATE CRISIS IS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE TENS OF
MILLIONS OF NEW JOBS AND CLEAN
UP THE AIR, REDUCE THE DEATH
RATE FROM PANDEMICS BY THE WAY
BECAUSE THE AIR POLLUTION FROM
BURNING FOSSIL FUELS HEIGHTENS
THE DEATH RATES FROM
CORONAVIRUS.
SO THIS IS A TIME FOR A RESET,
TO FIX A BUNCH OF CHALLENGES.
FIRST AMONG THEM, THE CLIMATE
CRISIS.
>> ALL RIGHT.
MR. VICE PRESIDENT, AL GORE,
THANK YOU SO MUCH.