{"id":778756,"date":"2020-01-08T19:17:09","date_gmt":"2020-01-08T19:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2020\/01\/08\/tutu-and-former-us-vice-president-al-gore-talk-climate-change\/"},"modified":"2020-01-08T19:17:09","modified_gmt":"2020-01-08T19:17:09","slug":"tutu-and-former-us-vice-president-al-gore-talk-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/01\/08\/tutu-and-former-us-vice-president-al-gore-talk-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Tutu and former US vice president Al Gore talk climate change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2217_11562copy.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-more-body\" data-reactid=\".1dn67ui537i.1.e.0.0.0.5.1\"><!--sse--><!-- C-ON- TEXT_CONTENT_START --><\/p>\n<p>Cape Town \u2013 Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu met former US vice-president Al Gore to discuss fuel investments and the negative effects it has climate change.<\/p>\n<p>The two agreed that continued investment in fossil fuels by corporations, governments and institutions impacts environmental, economic and social injustice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>They called on those who remained invested in fossil fuels to urgently commit to clear and actionable plans to shift their investments to renewable sources of energy.<\/p>\n<p>Investing in renewable energy systems and research would provide the necessary impetus to drive down costs and increase demand for clean energy.<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-reactid=\".1dn67ui537i.0.1d\">!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {\n                        if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function() {\n                           n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n                        if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n                        n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n                        t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                        fbq('init', '794201197427829');\n                        fbq('track', 'PageView');\n                           <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-reactid=\".1dn67ui537i.1.4\">(function(d, s, id) {\n                    var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n                    if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n                    js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n                    js.src = \"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.9\";\n                    fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n                  }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\" id=\"facebook-jssdk\" async=\"\" data-reactid=\".1dn67ui537i.1.u\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cape Town \u2013 Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu met former US vice-president Al Gore to discuss fuel investments and the negative effects it has climate change. 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