Al Gore to present 24 hour broadcast to convert skeptics on climate change

Al Gore, the former US Vice President, is all set to broadcast a 24-hour global multi-media event that will attempt to convince skeptics who undermine the link between climate change and extreme weather.

Al Gore will present ‘24 Hours of Reality’ every from Wednesday to Thursday this week across 24 different time zones. The environmental campaigner hopes that the broadcast will help convince households, schools and businesses alike that global warming and climate change is something that cannot be ignored and that an  immediate response is required.

“There will be 200 new slides arguing the connection between more extreme weather and climate change,” Trewin Restorick, chief executive of the event's UK partner Global Action Plan, told Reuters. “There will be a full-on assault on climate skeptics, exploring where they get their funding from,” Restorick added.

Gore is also asking Facebook and Twitter account holders to hand over control of their social networking sites to the project, so that Gore's message can reach as many individuals and groups as possible.

Gore’s 2006 documentary film entitled “An Inconvenient Truth” has been largely criticised by climate change skeptics, who claim that the film is largely one-sided. However, at the same time Gore has received worldwide acclaim and recognition for the film, with the film amassing over $49 million at theatres throughout the world.