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Al Gore

Co-Founder and Chairman, Generation Investment Management

Search every verified Al Gore interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. In September 2026, Al Gore gave interviews marking the 20th anniversary of *An Inconvenient Truth*, discussing the state of the global energy transition. He said that renewable energy has become the cheapest electricity in history and that, for the first time, the increase in global energy use is being met entirely by renewables. Gore also stated that both the US and China now get more electricity from solar than from coal, and that global energy investment is now 65% renewables versus 35% fossil fuels. He described 2026 as a potential tipping point for clean energy. Gore also addressed policy and political challenges. He called for an end to what he described as $4.5 trillion in annual direct and indirect fossil fuel subsidies and advocated for carbon pricing mechanisms like the European Union’s carbon border adjustment. He dismissed "climate realism" as a form of climate denial and argued that AI data center emissions are a fraction of those from uncovered landfills, adding that AI can also help reduce emissions. Gore expressed confidence that the transition away from fossil fuels is unstoppable, while acknowledging that political will remains a key obstacle, which he called "a renewable resource."

Recent appearances

  • Former Vice President Al Gore frames the climate crisis as a profound moral failure

    September 23, 2026 · 📺 APB News

    September 2026 - Riverside Church, Manhattan: A powerful coalition of faith, environmental, and community leaders packed New York's historic Riverside Church to declare that inaction on climate change is not just a policy failure—it is a moral crisis. Former Vice President Al Gore and Bishop William Barber II led the charge. Twenty years after his landmark documentary An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore is still sounding the alarm. But on this stage, the numbers and charts took a back seat to a higher law. APB News was invited to meet up with the former Vice President, joined by co-headliner Bis…

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  • Al Gore: Why 2026 Is The Turning Point For Global Renewable Energy

    September 23, 2026 · 📺 Forbes

    Twenty years after releasing An Inconvenient Truth, former Vice President Al Gore sits down with Forbes Deputy Editor Elisabeth Brier to assess the state of the global energy transition. 00:00 — 20 Years Since An Inconvenient Truth 01:49 — Why 2026 Could Be a Major Energy Tipping Point 05:05 — What Crossing the 1.5°C Threshold Means for Net Zero 07:04 — Ending $4.5T in Fossil Fuel Subsidies & Sustainable Investing 10:11 — Is AI's Energy Boom Cause for Climate Panic? 12:16 — How Global Energy Shocks Drive Clean Transition 16:58 — The Rise of "Green Hushing" in Corporate America 19:39 — Severe…

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  • Interview with former US Vice-President Al Gore on climate disaster | Full

    September 08, 2026 · 📺 CNA

    CNA spoke to former US Vice-President Al Gore on recent climate concerns, the situation in the Himalayas, powerful petro-states ...

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  • Former VP Al Gore marks 20 years since ‘An Inconvenient Truth’

    June 16, 2026 · 📺 ABC News

    ABC News’ Ginger Zee talks with Al Gore about how his groundbreaking 2006 documentary “An Inconvenient Truth” has held up and where the fight against climate change currently stands. ––– Subscribe to ABC News on YouTube: https://abcnews.visitlink.me/59aJ1G ABC News is your daily source of breaking national and world news, exclusive interviews and 24/7 live streaming coverage. https://abcnews.com Download the ABC News app for the latest headlines and alerts: https://abcnews.com/devices Connect with ABC News on social media: Facebook:   / abcnews   Instagram:   / abcnews   TikTok:   / ab…

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  • The Intersections of Health and Climate | Al Gore and Bill Frist on Climate Change and Public Health

    May 14, 2026 · 📺 Senator Bill Frist, M.D.

    Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, M.D. joins former Vice President Al Gore for a powerful conversation on the connection between climate change, public health, pollution, and conservation. Recorded at the Climate Reality Leadership Corps Training in Nashville, this discussion explores how environmental stressors, air pollution, extreme heat, and climate change affect the human body, from heart and lung disease to inflammation, mental health, infant health, and chronic disease. Senator Frist brings his perspective as a physician, heart and lung transplant surgeon, former policymak…

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  • Al Gore Reflects on 20 Years Since 'An Inconvenient Truth', Talks Climate Crisis & More

    April 24, 2026 · 📺 The Hollywood Reporter

    The Hollywood Reporter and the Sustainable Entertainment Alliance teamed up for an inaugural celebration of Hollywood environmentalism, with a special appearance from former Vice President Al Gore. The Sustainability in Entertainment Honors event, held at Hotel Bel-Air, was timed to THR's annual Sustainability Issue and was led by a keynote conversation between Gore and Bradley Whitford, in honor of the 20th anniversary of 'An Inconvenient Truth.' To learn more about this story: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/new... ►►Subscribe for more entertainment news: http://thr.cm/dwtPxG2 ►► See o…

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  • Al Gore on Africa, Justice, and the Climate Crisis

    April 18, 2026 · 📺 The Nature Trail

    In this gripping episode of The Nature Trail, Steve Mokaya sits down with former U.S. Vice President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Al Gore, in Nairobi, for a conversation that pulls no punches. From carbon colonialism to broken climate promises, fossil fuel hypocrisy, and the betrayal of African communities, Gore offers a deeply personal, brutally honest reflection on why the world keeps failing, and how African voices may be the last hope for saving the planet.

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  • INTERVIEW: Former Vice President Al Gore

    April 09, 2026 · 📺 The Tennessee Holler

    On his Climate Training in Nashville, Iran, Tennessee politics and more ...

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  • Exclusive: Al Gore On Trump’s Historic Mistake | Bulwark Podcast

    March 26, 2026 · 📺 The Bulwark

    For nearly 50 years, since the Ayatollah seized power in Iran and took Americans hostage, the U.S. has known that the regime could single-handedly shut down the Strait of Hormuz. Trump was reportedly warned of this threat, but the failed casino owner blew it off. And now Iran unilaterally controls 20% of the world's oil supply and an even higher percentage of the fertilizer inventory. But the former vice president tells Tim that Trump's judgment has been even worse on climate change. On the 20th anniversary of "An Inconvenient Truth," Gore discusses how the rest of the global economy has 'mira…

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  • Al Gore on His Political Journey and Climate Economics

    January 20, 2026 · 📺 Bloomberg Live

    Al Gore, Former Vice President, United States of America; Founder & Chairman, The Climate Reality Project, discusses his journey to politics, climate policy, investment and risks to the global economy with David M. Rubenstein at Bloomberg House in Davos on the sidelines of the 2026 World Economic Forum. -------- Subscribe to Bloomberg Live on YouTube:    / @bloomberg_live  

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  • Al Gore Exposes the Real Story Behind 'An Inconvenient Truth'

    December 14, 2025 · 📺 TheEllenShow

    [Aired: December 15, 2006] Al Gore stopped by ‘Ellen’ to talk about his Oscar-winning documentary, “An Inconvenient Truth.” SUBSCRIBE: https://ellen.tv/3D6Sewq FOLLOW ELLEN: Instagram -   / ellendegeneres   Facebook -   / ellentv   Twitter -   / ellendegeneres   TikTok -   / ellendegeneres   Website - https://www.ellenshop.com/ The place for laughs, joy, stars, surprises, and everything Ellen. #ellen #theellenshow #ellendegeneres

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  • Al Gore 2000 Concession Speech

    December 13, 2025 · 📺 C-SPAN

    December 13, 2000 -- In the presence of family members and the Lieberman family, Vice President Gore conceded the presidential election to Governor Bush. In his remarks he called for national unity and pledged to support the new president-elect. https://www.c-span.org/program/americ... Download the FREE C-SPAN Now App. https://www.c-span.org/c-spanNow/ Discover the C-SPAN Video Library at https://www.c-span.org/quickguide/ Explore C-SPAN's Free Educational Resources at https://www.c-span.org/classroom/ C-SPAN: Created by Cable in 1979. Offered as a public service. Support C-SPAN by Donat…

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Verified interview transcripts

Notable quotes

“We need to stop subsidizing fossil fuels first and foremost. Taxpayers are forced to spend $4.5 trillion a year in direct and indirect subsidies for burning fossil fuels. We need to finally find ways to put a price on carbon. The European Union has done so with its carbon border adjustment mechanism, an approach that is now becoming attractive to other countries and regions as well.”

“For the first time this year, the total amount of new energy produced by renewables exceeds the increase in the overall energy use in the growing global economy. That's an important tipping point. For the first time, both the US and China are getting more electricity from solar than from coal. Now we see whereas 20 years ago the vast majority of global investment in energy was in fossil and the minority in renewables”

“All of the emissions from all of the AI data centers in the world are only a fraction of the emissions from uncovered landfills. There is so much low-hanging fruit that when we decide to really focus on solving this crisis, we can reduce emissions. And more importantly, AI itself can also help us reduce emissions. Lord Nicholas Stern at the London School of Economics, one of the most respected economists in the world”

“The so-called climate realism propaganda is yet another form of climate denial. Actually what we're seeing is an unstoppable transition away from fossil fuels. They're dirty, they're polluting not only with the heat trapping pollution, but also the particulate pollution that kills almost 9 million people a year just from the soot that comes from the burning of fossil fuels. And meanwhile, we have seen solar electrici”

“I think money coming in to the extent it has um has clearly bent the system where a handful of people, no matter who they are, which party it is, cuz as you said yesterday it can be you know, on the Democrat side or the Republican side. But you're giving an an unacceptable voice to one or two people. It may be 50 people, maybe 100, maybe 1,000 people. And they're they are and that's just dangerous. And that's why eve”

“The fossil fuel industry has become hegemonic where all areas of policy that affect their business model are concerned. If you go to the international conferences, this year it'll be in Turkey, last year it was in Belem in Brazil, etc. The largest delegation, larger than the other 10 largest delegations put together, are fossil fuel lobbyists. And they've spent billions and billions of dollars deceiving people using ”

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