The Climate Reality Project#Repower America

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The Climate Reality Project is focused on climate change education and advocating for climate solutions available today. The organization is a consolidation of two environmental organizations, the Alliance for Climate Protection and the Climate Project, both founded in 2006 by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore.

Gore currently serves as chairman of the board of directors.

As of 2021, the organization said it operated 10 branches worldwide and was active in 170 countries.{{cite web |url=https://climaterealityproject.org/internationalbranches|title=Our Mission |work=climaterealityproject.org |publisher=The Climate Reality Project |access-date=3 February 2021}}

The Climate Reality Project, has been growing drastically over the past few years. The Climate Reality Project now has a global network of 3.5 million. With this gross network this project is aiming to construct a sustainable net zero future. This group of people has four campaigns worldwide to help people be more sustainable so that our world is a cleaner place for people to live. The goal of this group is to reach true net zero by the year 2050. Another goal of this organization is to halve the global emissions by 2030. This project offers speeches of professionals to inform and teach the public about the climate crisis. This group of people aim to tell the truth about climate. The Climate Reality Project tries very hard to stop new fossil fuels projects from being built while also tries to shut down fossil fuel projects that are up and running. {{Cite web |title=The Road to True Net Zero: Reducing Emissions |url=https://www.climaterealityproject.org/campaigns/reduce-emissions |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=The Climate Reality Project |language=en}}

The Alliance for Climate Protection was founded in 2006 by Al Gore to encourage civic action against climate change.{{cite news |title=Gore Says Climate Change Not a Political Issue |url=http://dalje.com/en-world/gore-says-climate-change-not-a-political-issue/89081 |work=Dalje |date=12 October 2007 |access-date=18 June 2013}} The organization was founded in Palo Alto, California, and later moved to Menlo Park, California, before relocating to Washington, D.C., in 2009.{{cite news |title=Gore's Menlo Park group launches ad campaign |author=Kristina Peterson |url=http://www.insidebayarea.com/ci_8780505?source=rss |work=The Oakland Tribune |date=2 April 2008 |access-date=12 July 2013}}{{cite news |title=Gore's green groups kick into campaign mode to push climate legislation |author=Kate Sheppard |url=http://grist.org/article/2009-05-27-gore-group-campaign-mode/ |work=Grist |date=28 May 2009 |access-date=18 June 2013}} Originally established as a 501(c)(3), the organization later included an affiliated 501(c)(4), the Climate Protection Action Fund,{{Cite report |author=Matthew C. Nisbet |date=Summer 2011 |title=Climate Shift |url=http://climateshiftproject.org/report/climate-shift-clear-vision-for-the-next-decade-of-public-debate/ |publisher=American University School of Communication |access-date=20 June 2013}} which developed advocacy campaigns focused on climate change solutions through grassroots organizing and lobbying.{{cite news |title=Obama and the Environment: In Need of a Climate Shift? |author=Rick Cohen |url=http://www.nonprofitquarterly.org/policysocial-context/13526-obama-and-the-environment-in-need-of-a-climate-shift.html |work=Non Profit Quarterly |date=28 June 2011 |access-date=2 August 2013}}

The organization was partially funded by proceeds donated from Gore's 2006 documentary An Inconvenient Truth, as well as profits from the book of the same name. Gore also donated his salary from his work for the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers and prize money from his 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for a total of more than $2.7 million. The distributor of An Inconvenient Truth, Paramount Classics, also donated 5 percent of the film's box office earnings to the Alliance. The Alliance was also funded by profits from Live Earth concerts in 2007.

The Alliance encouraged federal policies that limited greenhouse gas emissions and supported low-carbon power sources. Former campaigns from the Alliance include the bipartisan "We" campaign, launched in 2008.{{cite news |title='We' Climate Campaign: Glossy, But Will It Work? |author=Bryan Walsh |url=http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1837761,00.html#ixzz2XxYBfuxC |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080902070854/http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1837761,00.html#ixzz2XxYBfuxC |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 2, 2008 |work=Time |date=1 September 2008 |access-date=12 July 2013}}{{cite news |title=Alliance for Climate Protection begins $300m awareness campaign |author=Guy Dixon |url=http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/1805313/alliance-climate-protection-begins-usd300m-awareness-campaign |work=BusinessGreen |date=27 March 2008 |access-date=18 June 2013}} The campaign, which included an advertisement called "We Can Solve It" featuring Nancy Pelosi and Newt Gingrich jointly calling for a response to climate change, was created to prompt public action against climate change on a national and international level. The "We" campaign included partnerships with the Girl Scouts of the United States of America, the United Steelworkers of America and the National Audubon Society. The same year, the Alliance launched the "Repower America" campaign to support Gore's directive to shift American homes to 100 percent clean energy within 10 years. This campaign supported climate change legislation in the United States and, according to The Washington Post in 2008, was one of the farthest reaching public advocacy initiatives in recent history.{{cite news |title=Gore Launches Ambitious Advocacy Campaign on Climate |author=Juliet Eilperin |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/30/AR2008033001880_pf.html |work=Washington Post |date=31 March 2008 |access-date=18 June 2013}}

Also in 2008, the Alliance created the Reality Coalition in partnership with the National Wildlife Federation, the League of Conservation Voters, the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Sierra Club. The Reality Coalition used television, print and online advertisements as well as grassroots events to challenge the idea of coal pollution mitigation.{{cite news |title=Gore's "Reality Coalition" Fighting "Clean Coal" |author=Rachel Weiner |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/04/gore-leads-reality-coalit_n_148397.html |work=The Huffington Post |date=4 December 2008 |access-date=15 July 2013}}{{cite news |title=Clean Coal? Time for a Reality Check |author=Eleftheria Parpis |url=http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/clean-coal-time-reality-check-97736 |work=Adweek |date=10 December 2008 |access-date=15 July 2013}}

The Climate Project, founded in 2006 and based in Nashville, Tennessee, was also supported by Gore's profits from the documentary An Inconvenient Truth. The Climate Project was an educational, worldwide grassroots organization that trained selected members of the public to give public talks, similar to Gore's presentation in the film. The talks focused on the harmful effects of climate change and ways to address climate change at the grassroots level. By 2009, the project had more than 3,000 participants worldwide. These participants, trained by Gore, delivered 70,000 presentations to 7.3 million people.{{cite news |title=Al Gore, activists urge action at Copenhagen climate talks |author=Adianto P. Simamora |url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/12/18/al-gore-activists-urge-action-copenhagen-climate-talks.html |work=The Jakarta Post |date=18 December 2009 |access-date=18 June 2013}}

In March 2010, the Alliance for Climate Protection and The Climate Project combined to create a single organization.{{cite news |title=Gore-backed climate groups form single organization |author=Ben Geman |url=https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/63325-gore-backed-climate-groups-form-single-organization/ |work=The Hill |date=5 March 2010 |access-date=18 June 2013}} The new organization was known as the Alliance for Climate Protection until it was renamed The Climate Reality Project in July 2011.{{cite news |title=Gore launches new Climate Reality Project, tells Grist all about it |author=David Roberts |url=http://grist.org/climate-change/2011-07-12-gore-launches-new-climate-reality-project-tells-grist-about-it/ |work=Grist |date=12 July 2011 |access-date=18 June 2013}} The organization brought together the aims of its two predecessors to focus on education initiatives related to climate change as well as continuing to develop a grassroots network to address climate change.

The Climate Reality Project hosts an annual event called 24 Hours of Reality, a 24-hour live broadcast about the climate crisis and its solutions with a one-hour segment in every time zone.{{cite news |title=Al Gore's 24-Hour Climate Broadcast Wants To Reignite Your Hope |author=Eillie Anzilotti |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/40503759/al-gores-24-hour-climate-broadcast-wants-to-reignite-your-hope/ |work=Fast Company |date=12 December 2017 |access-date=11 November 2018}}{{cite news |title=Activists Use Webcast to Try to Ignite Climate Change Passions |author=Christopher F. Schuetze |url=https://rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/19/activists-use-webcast-to-try-to-ignite-climate-change-passions/ |work=New York Times |date=19 November 2012 |access-date=11 November 2018}}{{cite news |title=Star-studded 24-hour worldwide broadcast on climate change airs Friday |author=Brian Mastroianni |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/celebrities-politicians-headline-24-hour-climate-change-telethon/ |work=CBS News |date=12 November 2015 |access-date=11 November 2018}} Each broadcast features celebrities, musicians, elected officials, and thought leaders from around the world.{{cite news |title=Filipino climate champions join Al Gore in '24 Hours of Reality Broadcast' |url=https://www.rappler.com/move-ph/190425-watch-filipino-climate-champions-join-al-gore-24-hours-reality-broadcast |work=Rappler |date=5 December 2017 |access-date=11 November 2018}} In 2017, the broadcast had a potential reach of 400 million people.

Themes for each annual broadcast are:

• 2011: 24 Hours of Reality
• 2012: 24 Hours of Reality: The Dirty Weather Report{{cite news |title=Gore launches world's Dirty Weather Report |author=Peter Hannam |url=https://www.theage.com.au/environment/gore-launches-worlds-dirty-weather-report-20121115-29dny.html |work=The New Age |date=15 November 2012 |access-date=11 November 2018}}
• 2013: 24 Hours of Reality: The Cost of Carbon{{cite news |title=Mana Joins Al Gore In The Climate Reality Project |author=Voxxi |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/04/mana-al-gore-environment_n_4214764.html |work=HuffPost |date=4 November 2013 |access-date=11 November 2018}}
• 2014: 24 Hours of Reality: 24 Reasons for Hope{{cite news |title=24 Hours With Al Gore at His Climate Change Variety Show |first=Brian|last=Merchant|author-link=Brian Merchant|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/al-gore-24-hours-climate-reality/ |work=Motherboard |date=25 September 2014 |access-date=11 November 2018}}
• 2015: 24 Hours of Reality and Live Earth: The World is Watching{{cite news|author=Chris Jordan|date=12 November 2015|title=Bon Jovi to play Al Gore's climate change telethon|work=app. (Part of the USA Today Network)|url=https://www.app.com/story/entertainment/2015/11/12/bon-jovi-play-al-gores-climate-change-telethon/75653666/|access-date=11 November 2018}}{{cite news|author=Andrea Bertoli|date=26 October 2015|title=24 Hours of Reality with the Climate Reality Project|work=Green Living Ideas|url=https://greenlivingideas.com/2015/10/26/24-hours-of-reality-with-the-climate-reality-project/|access-date=11 November 2018}}
• 2016: 24 Hours of Reality: The Road Forward{{cite news |title=Al Gore: The Road Forward on Climate |author=Al Gore |url=https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/al-gore-the-road-forward-on-climate/ |work=Scientific American |date=5 December 2016 |access-date=11 November 2018}}
• 2017: 24 Hours of Reality: Be the Voice of Reality
• 2018: 24 Hours of Reality: Protect Our Planet, Protect Ourselves{{Cite web|url=https://www.climaterealityproject.org/blog/get-involved-24-hours-reality|title=Get involved in 24 hours of reality|date=November 26, 2018|website=Climate Reality Project}}
• 2019: 24 Hours of Reality: Truth to Action{{Cite web|url=https://www.24hoursofreality.org|title=24 Hours of Reality: About|date=November 21, 2019|website=24 Hours of Reality}}
• 2020: 24 Hours of Reality: Countdown to the Future{{Cite web|url=https://realityhub.climaterealityproject.org/events/countdown/?_ga=2.169772389.590608795.1612413400-1676147951.1612413400|title=24 Hours of Reality|date=October 11, 2020}}

The first event, in 2011,{{cite news |title=Al Gore's Reality Show |author=John M. Broder |url=http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/13/an-al-gore-reality-show/ |work=The New York Times |date=11 July 2011 |access-date=11 November 2018}}{{cite news |title=Filipino climate change activist tells world: We can do something |author=TJ Burgonio |url=http://globalnation.inquirer.net/16739/filipino-climate-change-activist-tells-world-we-can-do-something |work=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=31 October 2011 |access-date=18 June 2013}} was a 24-hour event that was broadcast live over the Internet and featured 24 presenters across 24 time zones presenting in 13 different languages.{{cite news |title=Jakarta hosts 24 hours of climate reality |author=Warief Djajanto Basorie |url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/09/14/jakarta-hosts-24-hours-climate-reality.html |work=The Jakarta Post |date=14 September 2011 |access-date=18 June 2013}} The presentations, which stressed a link between climate change and oil and coal producers,{{cite news |title=Al Gore Seeks to Re-Energize His Base with The Climate Reality Project |author=Matthew C. Nisbet |url=http://bigthink.com/age-of-engagement/al-gore-seeks-to-re-energize-his-base-with-the-climate-reality-project |work=Big Think |date=12 July 2011 |access-date=18 June 2013}} started in Mexico City and traveled west before culminating in New York City with a presentation by The Climate Reality Project's chairman Al Gore. The event included celebrity hosts and panel members such as Renee Zellweger, Fran Drescher and Virgin Group's Sir Richard Branson.{{cite news |title=24 Hours Of Reality: Al Gore's Climate Reality Project Hosts Worldwide Event (Video) |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/14/24-hours-of-reality_n_962225.html |work=The Huffington Post |date=14 September 2011 |access-date=18 June 2013}} The webcast received 8 million views, 5 million of which were unique viewers, and was awarded a "Silver Lion" at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity event in 2012.{{cite web |url=http://www.canneslions.com/resources/downloads/winners_pdfs/Cannes_Lions_2012_Branded_Content_Entertainment_Lions_Winners.pdf |title=Branded Content & Entertainment Lions |work=canneslions.com |publisher=Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity |access-date=26 July 2013}} Accompanying this event, The Climate Reality Project also released several short videos covering topics related to climate change. The videos included Doubt, Climate 101 and Grassroots.{{cite news |title=Must-See Climate Reality Videos: 'Doubt', 'Climate 101', and 'Grassroots' |author=Brian Merchant |url=http://www.treehugger.com/corporate-responsibility/must-see-climate-reality-videos-doubt-climate-101-and-grassroots.html |work=TreeHugger |date=16 September 2011 |access-date=26 July 2013}}

A second webcast called 24 Hours of Reality: The Dirty Weather Report was broadcast beginning on November 14, 2012.{{cite news |title='24 Hours Of Reality: The Dirty Weather Report' Launched By Al Gore's Climate Reality Project |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/14/24-hours-of-reality-dirty-weather_n_2130344.html |work=The Huffington Post |date=14 September 2011 |access-date=18 June 2013}} This broadcast followed a format similar to the inaugural event and featured speeches and presentations from more than 100 activists, business leaders and scientists in 24 locations. The 2012 webcast focused on the impact coal, oil and gas pollution have on weather patterns. The webcast attracted 14 million unique viewers and a viewership of more than 16 million, which set a Ustream record for the most online viewers in a 24-hour period.{{cite news |title=Gore Climate Change Broadcast Breaks Online Viewership Record |url=http://webtv.accuweather.com/en/home-garden-articles/earth-and-you/gore-climate-change-broadcast/2376688 |work=AccuWeather |date=5 December 2012 |access-date=12 August 2013}} The event also generated 135 million tweets from Twitter users, compared with 120 million tweets in 2011,{{cite news |title=Activists Use Webcast to Try to Ignite Climate Change Passions |author=Christopher F. Schuetze |url=http://rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/19/activists-use-webcast-to-try-to-ignite-climate-change-passions/ |work=International Herald Tribune |date=19 November 2012 |access-date=18 June 2013}} and received ten Telly Awards in 2013 including two silver Telly awards in the News/News Feature and Social Responsibility categories{{cite web |url=http://www.tellyawards.com/winners/list/entries/?l=S&pageNum_winners=1&totalRows_winners=36&event=&category=3&award=2 |title=2013 Online Video Silver Winners |work=tellyawards.com |publisher=The Telly Awards |access-date=12 August 2013}} and seven bronze Telly awards.{{cite web |url=http://www.tellyawards.com/winners/list/entries/?l=suite%20spot&pageNum_winners=0&totalRows_winners=8&event=&category=3&award=3 |title=2013 Online Video Bronze Winners |work=tellyawards.com |publisher=The Telly Awards |access-date=12 August 2013}}

The Climate Reality Project also addresses climate change through a network of approximately 31,000 Climate Reality Leaders,{{cite web |title=Al Gore to Host Climate Reality Project's 1st ever Global Climate Activist Training |url=https://www.climaterealityproject.org/press/al-gore-host-climate-reality-project-first-ever-global-climate-activist-training-online |website=Climate Reality |access-date=19 June 2020}} which the organization calls the Climate Reality Leadership Corps.{{cite web |url=http://climaterealityproject.org/leadership-corps/ |title=Climate Reality Leadership Corps |work=climaterealityproject.org |publisher=The Climate Reality Project |access-date=12 July 2013}} As of 2019, The Climate Reality Leadership Corps has conducted 43 training events to prepare Climate Reality Leaders to communicate and conduct effective advocacy events within their local communities. Climate Reality Leaders come from 154 countries often on their own expenses.{{cite web |title=Al Gore and Climate Reality Project Host First-ever Climate Leadership Workshop in Tokyo |date=20 August 2019 |url=https://www.climaterealityproject.org/press/al-gore-and-climate-reality-project-host-first-ever-climate-leadership-workshop-tokyo |publisher=Climate Reality |access-date=19 June 2020}} Members of the Climate Reality Leadership Corps lead educational events and encourage activity to address climate change in their local communities.{{cite news |title=NJ Sierra Club South Highlands Group to host a presentation at Hunterdon Medical Center |url=http://www.nj.com/hunterdon-county-democrat/index.ssf/2012/03/nj_sierra_club_south_highlands.html |work=Hunterdon County Democrat |date=9 March 2012 |access-date=18 June 2013}}

In 2005, the projected created the Green Schools Campaign as a subsidiary to help schools transition to renewable energy.{{Cite web|title=About Us|url=https://www.greenschoolsnow.org/about|access-date=2021-04-28|website=Green Schools Campaign|language=en}}

• Planet Relief
• Live Earth
• Earth Hour
• Denmark plants trees

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