"Education on climate change is something very important for the people in the Asia Pacific region. Many people will face high risks in the coming several decades so that they would be forced to leave their places," he said here on Sunday.
He said that The Climate Project presenters were expected to help provide knowledge and information for the people so that they would play active roles in their respective communities in seeking for solutions to climate change problems.
The former US vice president made the remarks in front of about 350 volunteers of The Climate Project (TCP), who were well-known as TCP presenters. They came from 21 countries and are being trained here in The Climate Project Asia-Pacific Summit" program held from January 8 to 10, 2011.
The Oscar winner through his film "An Inconvenient Truth" made a presentation on climate change and climate-change related natural disasters.
The 350 presenters will be trained how to reduce pollution and to act in the transition period towards clean energy solutions.
The summit marks the first time Gore has discussed climate change with audiences in Indonesia and the Asia Pacific region. Previously, Gore has spoken in Melbourne, Beijing and New Delhi.
The 350 training participants were chosen from 1,200 candidates in the region.
According to Chief Executive Officer of Alliance for Climate Protection, Maggie L Fox, the presenters will return to their respective community and lead efforts of handling climate change.
He said that throughout the world there were about 3,600 presenters from 56 countries, where 900 of them came from the Asia Pacific region and were directly trained by Al Gore
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