Former Vice President Gore Addresses UN Conference in Copenhagen

12/15/09

Former Vice President and Nobel Laureate Al Gore addressed diplomats and world leaders at the UN Climate Change Conference Wednesday. Here's an excerpt:


I wish that I had the words to transfer directly from my heart to yours the passion that I feel for this issue. For me, it raises a fundamental question: Who are we as human beings? Who are we?


If at some future date, the next generation faces the prospect of living in a world with steadily deteriorating prospects and no chance to reclaim the glories of this beautiful earth that we have enjoyed — if they look back at Copenhagen and ask, "Why didn't you act? Why did you let this process fall into paralysis, and neither succeed nor fail but become a symbol of futility? What were the arguments were again? You didn't realize that we were at stake?"

Watch a clip of Mr. Gore's speech here: http://cpaf.repoweramerica.org/agcop15. 
 


The entire talk is available here: http://www.vimeo.com/8212155.

Keep an eye out for the latest updates from COP15 on the official website:http://en.cop15.dk/frontpage.

Visit Repower America's
COP15 blog: http://www.repoweramerica.org/copenhagen/. 

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