To provide a platform for global discussion regarding climate change and other environmental issues, Al Gore as the Climate Reality Project Founder and Former Vice President continued the annual online discussion, 24 Hours of Reality: The Cost of Carbon. Over the course of 24 hours, millions of people from around the world and all walks of life joined constant conversation broadcasted live online to talk about possible solutions towards carbon pollution disasters, loss of job, lack of water and food, and geopolitics instability as a result of environmental damage.