HELSINKI – Former US Vice President Al Gore said on Tuesday that reducing drastically the amount of greenhouse gas emissions was vital for the future of the planet.
“Unless we stop dumping 70 million tonnes of global warming pollution into the atmosphere every 24 hours, which we are doing right now … the continued acceleration of this pollution would destroy the future of human civilisation,” Gore said at a news conference in Finland’s capital Helsinki.It is possible to reverse global warming, he said, adding that politics can seem to change very slowly, but it can also cross a tipping point and adapt a new pattern and change rapidly.Nampa-Reutersthe continued acceleration of this pollution would destroy the future of human civilisation,” Gore said at a news conference in Finland’s capital Helsinki.It is possible to reverse global warming, he said, adding that politics can seem to change very slowly, but it can also cross a tipping point and adapt a new pattern and change rapidly.Nampa-Reuters
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