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AP reports: “Former Vice President Al Gore urged an assembly of international mayors to fight global warming Saturday, warning of catastrophic consequences for the planet if governments fail to act. Gore, who helped draft the landmark Kyoto treaty on global warming that the United States never ratified, said that climate change was already melting glaciers, raising temperatures and altering weather patterns worldwide.”

Without significant action, he said, the planet would see a dramatic increase in violent storms, infectious disease, deadly heat waves and rising sea levels that will force the evacuation of low-lying cities such as Calcutta, Shanghai and New York City within decades.

“We are witnessing a collision between our civilization and the earth, a transformation of the relationship between our species and the planet,” Gore warned. “Is it only terrorists that we’re worried about? Is that the only threat to the future that is worth organizing to respond to?”

Gore made an hourlong presentation as part of the United Nations World Environment Day Conference in San Francisco, the first U.S. city to host the annual event.

Al needs to cool down a little. He’s still running a fever.

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