Al Gore Warns That a 'Billion Climate Refugees' Could Be Crossing Borders - The Messenger

Al Gore Warns That a 'Billion Climate Refugees' Could Be Crossing Borders - The Messenger
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Former Vice President Al Gore spent part of his Christmas Eve warning Americans how "dire" the climate change situation really is.

"If we don't take action, there could be as many as one billion climate refugees crossing international borders in the next several decades," Gore told CNN's Jake Tapper on "State of the Union."

The "Inconvenient Truth" filmmaker claimed people could lose their "capacity for self governance" in the face of such large numbers of displaced individuals. The "survival of our civilization is at stake," said the Democrat.

"Already, we've seen people driven from the places they've always called home, and we're seeing an expansion of areas in the world that are ... unlivable now because of the combination of heat and humidity," Gore argued.

"They're relatively small areas now, but if we don’t act, they will expand to include most of India, large parts of northern South America, the Philippines, Indonesia, Pakistan, the list goes on. The survival of our civilization is at stake. It sounds dire, but it is dire," he emphasized.

Gore did offer some words of hope against "the big fossil fuel polluters," pointing to wind power, electric vehicles, and solar power as practical ways to make an impact.

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"We can do this if we just overcome the greed and political power of the big fossil fuel polluters who have been trying to control this process," he said. "It's time for people at the grassroots level in every country to speak up, and the good news is, that's happening too."

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