--- title: Jimmy Kimmel Urges Trump to Act on Climate Change description: In the wake of reports that Earth could be heading toward a "hothouse" state, Jimmy Kimmel is urging Trump to reconsider his stance on climate change. canonical: https://time.com/5360915/jimmy-kimmel-trump-climate-change/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-08-08T14:51:50.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:54:13.180Z og:title: Jimmy Kimmel Knows How Make Trump Act on Climate Change og:description: Because it comes for golf courses too og:url: https://time.com/5360915/jimmy-kimmel-trump-climate-change/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8081848d1cabb213/69893749e76ad218b1632afa/screen-shot-2018-08-08-at-10-43-16-am.png?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Jimmy-Kimmel-Trump-Climate-Change og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jimmy Kimmel Knows How Make Trump Act on Climate Change twitter:description: Because it comes for golf courses too twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8081848d1cabb213/69893749e76ad218b1632afa/screen-shot-2018-08-08-at-10-43-16-am.png?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jimmy Kimmel Tries to Get Trump to Act on Climate Change By Speaking His Language  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Aug 8, 2018 2:51 PM UTC  ABC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Aug 8, 2018 2:51 PM UTC In the wake of [reports](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/aug/06/domino-effect-of-climate-events-could-push-earth-into-a-hothouse-state) that Earth could be heading toward an irreversible “hothouse” state, [Jimmy Kimmel](http://time.com/5357275/jimmy-kimmel-trump-alf-reboot/) is urging [President Donald Trump](http://time.com/5359762/stephen-colbert-trump-makeup-tutorial/) to reconsider his stance on [climate change](http://time.com/5293326/peoples-climate-march-donald-trump/). “Not only won’t Trump address this, he’s rolling back regulations that were designed to slow it down,” Kimmel said. “And this is bigly important stuff. Somebody needs to get through to the president before its too late.” So during Tuesday’s episode of _Jimmy Kimmel Live!_, the host tried out a new approach to convincing Trump that something needs to be done about global warming—airing a parody PSA focused on golf courses. “Scientists say that by 2050, 80 percent of the world’s coastal golf courses could be submerged. Inland, droughts will dry up fairways and make putting greens unputtable. Rising sea levels in Florida will make exclusive luxury waterfront clubs uninhabitable,” a voiceover explained as a fake image of a destroyed Mar-a-Lago flashed onscreen. “It’s time to act, because it’s not too late to protect the most precious treasures of all.” Watch the full clip below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5360915/jimmy-kimmel-trump-climate-change/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5360915/jimmy-kimmel-trump-climate-change/"},"headline":"Jimmy Kimmel Tries to Get Trump to Act on Climate Change By Speaking His Language","datePublished":"2018-08-08T14:51:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:54:13.180Z","description":"\"It's not too late to protect the most precious treasures of all\"","url":"https://time.com/5360915/jimmy-kimmel-trump-climate-change/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","Jimmy Kimmel","TV","jimmy kimmel live","Late Night Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8081848d1cabb213/69893749e76ad218b1632afa/screen-shot-2018-08-08-at-10-43-16-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8081848d1cabb213/69893749e76ad218b1632afa/screen-shot-2018-08-08-at-10-43-16-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Jimmy-Kimmel-Trump-Climate-Change","caption":"","creditText":"ABC","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5360915/jimmy-kimmel-trump-climate-change/","name":"Jimmy Kimmel Tries to Get Trump to Act on Climate Change By Speaking His Language"}}]}] ```