Climate-focused world broadcast to feature PH
Former United States Vice President Al Gore will host the eighth annual 24 Hours of Reality broadcast on Dec. 3 and 4, which will explore how the climate crisis is threatening human health.
Gore, the chair of Climate Reality Project, will appear alongside some of the world’s most recognized celebrities, elected officials, and thought leaders in this year’s broadcast titled “24 Hours of Reality: Protect Our Planet, Protect Ourselves.”
On Tuesday, Dec. 4 at 3 p.m. (Philippine time), the broadcast will feature the Philippines, which is vulnerable to typhoons and has suffered from the devastating health impacts of the climate crisis.
The hour will feature a live presentation by Gore, interviews with health care officials, and a look at the battle to shut down a proposed new coal-fired power plant.
“Our health depends on the health of the planet,” Gore said.
“The climate crisis is not an abstract issue; it has direct impacts on us and the people we love the most. I’m looking forward to exploring the climate and health connection on this year’s 24 Hours broadcast and to discussing how we can take bold and ambitious action to ensure that future generations can live long, healthy lives full of opportunity and promise,” he added.
Since last month’s release of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 degrees Celsius underscored the need for a rapid transition away from fossil fuels to limit the worst impacts of the climate crisis, the world has been focused on what a warming earth means for the human race.
Climate Reality said more people are beginning to see how fossil-fueled climate change leads to growing health threats from increasingly dangerous storms to spreading diseases to shrinking food and water supplies.
24 Hours of Reality: Protect Our Planet, Protect Ourselves will bring the world together to explore these many threats and highlight the clean energy solutions that can help us create a healthier, more prosperous future for us all.
“Solving the climate crisis is no longer just about creating a healthier, better world for future generations. It’s also about making sure that the people on Earth today – our family, friends, and neighbors – can live without serious and existential threats to public health,” Climate Reality President and CEO Ken Berlin said.
“The good news is that clean energy solutions are here now. A transition to renewable energy isn’t just good for our economy; it’s necessary for the health and well-being of billions around the world,” Berlin added.
“It is our moral obligation to lead the country to a more sustainable path and achieve the 1.5-degree global warming limit under the Paris Agreement,” Rodne Galicha, country manager of the Climate Reality Project Philippines said.
Produced by Peter Green, Danielle Addair and Steve Addair of ShoulderHill Entertainment, 24 Hours of Reality will air live from Los Angeles beginning on December 3 at 9 p.m. EST/6 p.m. PST (Tuesday, December 4 at 11 a.m. Philippine time).
The show will travel around the globe, highlighting unique regional health impacts and celebrating local, national, and international efforts to implement meaningful climate solutions.
The program will also broadcast two hours live from locations in China and India.