Albert Gore: The world generates 162 million tons of carbon daily

Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, Nov 9 (Prensa Latina) Albert Gore, former US Vice President and founder and president of the Climate Reality Project NGO, stated that the world generates 162 million tons of carbon on a daily basis, which causes gases equivalent to 600,000 times the heat of the nuclear bomb launched in Hiroshima, Japan.

November 9, 2022
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Gore highlighted during the climate conference) that the largest part of the figure corresponds to the burning of fossil fuels.

This situation has caused an unprecedented increase in temperatures globally, especially in Africa, where temperatures up to 53 degrees have been reported, the activist said.

In this regard, he specified that the heat waves and recent floods in Pakistan are the price humanity pays for climate change.

This situation in turn affects the oceans and the polar ice caps, and therefore the sea level, the salinization of adjacent agricultural land and the number of hurricanes rises, he added.

Gore stressed that nations with fewer resources, especially those in Africa, need massive funding to transition to clean, renewable energy.

Climate-related disasters have increased in the last decade at a multi-million dollar cost, Gore said.

Governments need to honor their commitments in this area, Gore added.

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