Video: Al Gore on what CO2 does to the climate
Al Gore
Vice-President of the United States (1993-2001); Chairman and Co-Founder, Generation Investment Management LLP
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The atmosphere, when seen edge-on, is a very thin layer around the earth. And we are now putting into that thin layer of atmosphere 110 million tonnes of global warming pollution, principally CO2, every 24 hours.
Watch a clip of Al Gore, climate change activist, addressing the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting 2015 in Davos, above. Catch up with his full presentation here.
Image: Al Gore, former U.S. Vice-President speaks at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos January 21, 2015. REUTERS/Ruben Sprich
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