"Carbon dioxide has now crossed the 400 parts-per -million mark," Scambos says. That is half of the temperature increase target set by the Paris Agreement on climate change."Īdditionally, just as Gore's film depicted, carbon dioxide levels have continued to rise.
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"This past year, 2016, will see a mean global temperature of nearly 1 full degree C (just under 2 degrees F) warmer than the period 1951-1980. But slowdown or not, Scambos notes that the planet continues to warm. "In fact, it is clearer than ever that greenhouse gases are a major cause of the observed climate warming."Īt the time of the film's release, there already was talk about an apparent hiatus in global warming - which one recently published study concludes actually was a measuring error. "The basic truth, and its inconvenience, remains," Scambos, a senior research scientist, writes. In a recent email, Scambos says that's still pretty much his view today as well. In this 2006 interview, for example, National Snow and Ice Data Center scientists Walt Meier and Ted Scambos said that Gore's message was on the mark, and that he got most of the science right, save for a few details. That makes this a good time to look back at the original "An Inconvenient Truth" and ask: Given what's been learned about climate change since then, how accurate was Gore's dire warning and call to action? What did the film get right, and what points might need revision?Īt the time of its release, "An Inconvenient Truth" generally got good reviews from climate researchers. "It inspired millions of people to start talking about the climate crisis with everyone they knew and to personally get involved in working to solve it, creating a whole new generation of activists."Įleven years later, "An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power" - a sequel directed by Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk - premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on Thursday, Jan. "The film was one of those rare cultural events that transformed how people everywhere saw the world around them," says Ken Berlin, president and CEO of the Climate Reality Project, an activist group founded by Gore, via email. It won both a Best Documentary and Best Original Song Academy Award, and grossed nearly $50 million worldwide.
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Despite its downbeat subject and unorthodox narrative - it built upon a slideshow presentation that Gore traveled around presenting to audiences - the film directed by Davis Guggenheim, became a commercial and critical success.
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The 2006 documentary "An Inconvenient Truth" depicted environmental activist and former vice president Al Gore's crusade to raise awareness of climate change and its dangers. Al Gore in 2007 discussing the impact humanity has had on the planet's ecosystem.