Al Gore has described the world's inaction on climate change as "literally insane" and said we're allowing global heating to continue, sparking outrage among activists. The former US vice president used a slide show of recent disasters around the world to highlight the devastating impact of rising temperatures. He criticized Bill Gates for advocating for moving away from tackling climate change to focus on its impacts on health.
Gore's words come as the COP30 summit continues with countries debating a new "Just Transition Mechanism" aimed at accelerating, coordinating and supporting a global transition to clean energy. The mechanism has been backed by the G77 and China bloc of developing countries, but wealthy developed nations including Japan, Norway, the UK, Australia, Canada, and the EU have not supported it.
Activists argue that the proposed mechanism is essential to ensure states coordinate and accelerate just transitions, but its implementation will require concrete steps from governments. The Climate Action Network has welcomed the G77/China proposal, saying it brings a "ray of light and hope" to negotiations.
Gore's words come as the COP30 summit continues with countries debating a new "Just Transition Mechanism" aimed at accelerating, coordinating and supporting a global transition to clean energy. The mechanism has been backed by the G77 and China bloc of developing countries, but wealthy developed nations including Japan, Norway, the UK, Australia, Canada, and the EU have not supported it.
Activists argue that the proposed mechanism is essential to ensure states coordinate and accelerate just transitions, but its implementation will require concrete steps from governments. The Climate Action Network has welcomed the G77/China proposal, saying it brings a "ray of light and hope" to negotiations.
. It's crazy that Al Gore is even saying this stuff, because I know how much he cares about the environment. It's heartbreaking to see all these disasters around the world - the devastating wildfires, flooding, and heatwaves... it's like we're not taking climate change seriously enough 
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. We need to support each other and work together to make a difference 
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al gore is literally right we can't just move on from climate change like it's not a big deal. i mean, have you seen the pics of the wildfires in australia or the floods in china? 
it's insane. and bill gates saying we should focus on health over climate? what about our future fam?! 
anyway, i'm glad some countries are backing the just transition mechanism, we need more ppl speaking up for the planet 
. I mean Al Gore's right, the disasters he showed are getting worse by the day 
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. We need governments to step up and coordinate a global transition to clean energy or it'll be too little, too late 
. Let's get our acts together and make a change 
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. Gore might be being a bit dramatic with his "literally insane" comment, but who knows what he's going through that makes him so passionate about this?
. I get why he's frustrated - we need more action on climate change ASAP! I mean, have you seen the pics of wildfires in Australia and California? It's heartbreaking 
. The fact that Bill Gates is even suggesting we focus on health impacts instead of tackling the root cause is just wild 
- let's keep pushing for it, we can do better than just talking about change, we need to see action on our screens 
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. We need more people like Al Gore who aren't afraid to say things that need to be said 
. And the COP30 summit seems like a step in the right direction, even if some countries aren't on board yet 
. I mean, it's not perfect, but at least we're trying to coordinate and support a global transition to clean energy 
his slide show of recent disasters around the world was SO eye-opening, i mean who doesn't know about the devastating impact of climate change? 
anyway, im so glad activists are speaking out and demanding action from governments! 
the COP30 summit needs to take notes from al gore's passionate speech 
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It's not like they're not aware of the problem or anything. They just need to get on board and support each other out 
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. It's time for governments to step up their game and take real action.
, I mean, it's already affecting people's health and livelihoods. And those developed countries refusing to support the Just Transition Mechanism? It's like they're not taking this seriously at all 
. The Climate Action Network sounds right on track by welcoming the G77/China proposal, but we need concrete steps from governments ASAP 
. We can't just keep talking about it, we need to act! 
climate change is getting so out of hand! Like, literally insane isn't strong enough... interesting how Al Gore is still speaking truth to power despite all these years 
. And what's with Bill Gates criticizing climate change when he's basically the poster child for tech innovation and progress... isn't that supposed to be about solving problems, not ignoring them?