Al Gore at Cannes: 'Trump cannot stop the solutions to the climate crisis'

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The former US vice-president and environmental activist said there was hope in the fight against climate change - but the world and the US had to act

Al Gore believes that Donald Trump will not halt the momentum of the climate movement even if he withdraws the US from the Paris agreement. Speaking at a press engagement for his new documentary An...

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