Al Gore gives climate change talk in Bogota

Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore speaks in Colombia’s capital Bogota on solutions to climate change, newspaper El Espectador reported Thursday.

On Wednesday, at the invitation of newspaper El Espectador and Caracol TV, Gore spoke in front of 1,200 people to discuss the science behind climate change and practical solutions nations can carry out to overcome the global crisis.

“The challenges I am presenting are related to innovation and developing countries like Colombia have a big task ahead,” said the former vice president, who has taken on the task of educating the world about climate change.

Gore proposed that Colombia should focus on “putting a price on carbon” by implementing taxes on fossil fuels like coal and oil, which is the largest supplier of greenhouse gases.

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