David Knowles

https://news.yahoo.com/greta-thunberg-and-al-gore-react-as-climate-change-bakes-europe-with-record-heat-183215009.html

·Senior Editor

Tue, July 19, 2022 at 11:32 AM·5 min read

In this article:

• Greta ThunbergSwedish climate protection activist
• Al Gore45th Vice President of the United States

Greta Thunberg and Al Gore, two of the world’s leading voices in the fight against climate change, reacted Tuesday to therecord-setting heat wave and wildfires gripping Europe.

With temperature records being smashed in parts of the United Kingdom and France, Thunberg, the Swedish environmental activist, warned that the worst is yet to come.

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In his own tweet posted Tuesday, Gore, the former vice president, referenced remarks made Monday by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez when he toured an area of his country dealing with devastating wildfires.

“Climate change kills,” Sánchez told reporters. “It kills people, it kills our ecosystems and biodiversity.”

Like Thunberg, Gore noted that unless human beings take action to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions…