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And in the very next week, in his Climate Shift report, American University communication professor Matthew Nisbet identified Gore as one of the causes of the political polarization now obstructing action on climate change. Gore delivered the major keynote address on the opening night of the most recent Power Shift, the gathering of college-age climate activists in Washington, D.C., in April. Gore haunts Cool It, Ondi TimonerвЂ™s late 2010 documentary about Bjorn Lomborg, the cost-benefit skeptic of UN FCCC efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This post originally appeared on the Yale Forum on Climate Change & the Media and is graciously republished with permission.ДЇive years after its theatrical release, An Inconvenient Truth (hereafter AIT) and its вЂњstarвЂќ still play leading roles in American and even international discussions of climate change. A retrospective analysis examines how the film and the former vice president have weathered the climate policy storms in the years since. Al, you have the floor.Memorial Day weekend 2011 marked the fifth anniversary of the release of the Al Gore film An Inconvenient Truth, which by any measure represented a milestone in climate change communications. I hope you will all take advantage of his presence here tonight to become more вЂњclimate consciousвЂќ and join this fight. After his presentation, he has kindly agreed to take a few of your questions, and then stay on to sign copies of the book. Perhaps I shall take to the road with a slide show of my own at some point!ДЇor now, let us hear what our guest has to say on an issue of vital importance to our common future. And may I add, on a personal note, that he is also showing that there is life after public office. He is a good friend of the United Nations. And just last week, as Richard Branson himself has said, it was Al Gore who inspired him to make his pledge to invest a remarkable $3 billion over the next decade in efforts to find alternative energy sources and to fight climate change.Д«ut Al Gore is not only a champion of the environment. His book, вЂњEarth in the BalanceвЂќ, remains as relevant today as when it was published 14 years ago. He is of course no recent convert to the cause, but rather one of its long-time leaders.

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Until we properly understand the full nature of this threat, our action will fall short.ДЄl Gore has been doing his best, and with great passion, to avert such a disaster. But it has profound implications for jobs, growth, health and almost all other aspects of human well-being, including security. Climate change still tends to be perceived as an environmental concern. There are many things we can do to reduce risks and protect ourselves from the extreme weather associated with climate change. We are far from helpless in the face of this challenge. We need to adapt to the climate change that is inevitable because of the massive accumulation of past emissions. We need to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases, which means altering how we live and do business.

The carbon-based economy is in many respects an uncontrolled experiment on the global climate, with serious risks for all countries, rich and poor alike. I believe it shows there is a real concern about climate change, and most of all a real hunger to do something about it. But the success of вЂњAn Inconvenient TruthвЂќ вЂ“it is both a best-selling book and one of the highest-grossing documentaries in American film history вЂ“has been quite remarkable. It is not every day that a documentary on a grim subject can compete with thrillers, comedies and love stories.

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But lately he has taken a new role, and become one of the most unexpected movie stars of the year.

His long career in public service earned global renown and recognition.

We have a real treat in store for us tonight. I am especially pleased to see such a large turnout, since this evening event is a break from our tradition of lunchtime talks.

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I am delighted to welcome you to another in our series of public lectures.