I was pretty interested when I learnt that we were going to watch the documentary “An Inconvenient Truth” as part of our Environmental studies course... because I had heard about Al Gore and also the fact that he had got a Nobel peace prize for his efforts. But the documentary inspite of having a preconceived high expectation, managed to surpass my expectations. It was beautifully presented sprinkled with chilling evidences of what we are facing and most of the evidences are backed up by solid scientific research. Al Gore, a former vice president of the US was the man behind it. It is always refreshing to see someone from the administration take such keen interest and take matters into his own hands but unfortunately he couldn’t rise to the top position as a result of which we may have far more braver decisions being taken by the leadership of various countries including the US.
The motivation was to educate people about global warming with the help of a compact slide show filled with facts and proofs. These set of slides have been presented all over the world and are quite famous.The slides are presented with Gore’s real life story as a backdrop. This documentary was being made at the time he was campaigning simultaneously for the position of the president of the US.
Gore makes the presentation interspersed with anecdotes from his own life. For instance,his interaction with climate expert Roger Revelle who inspired his interest in this issue.He also talks about his sister’s death from lung cancer and his son’s near fatal car accident and the loss to George Bush in the presidential race as defining points of his life which brought focus to his mission.
Gore discusses about the scientific opinion on climate change and tries to bring out the gravity of the situation facing us. The scientific opinion is backed up by evidences collected from across the world.For instance , the ice blocks drilled from the Antartic ice shelf gives us an idea about the rising levels of CO2 in the Earth’s atmosphere. He also gives us a startling picture of what is happening and how much worse it could be if the greenhouse gas emissions are not controlled. The footage of the collapse of the ice sheets paints a very grave picture of what lies ahead.
He urges everyone to be proactive and proposes that this is a common problem which everyone must act on and that it is a moral issue as much as it’s a political issue.
The motivation was to educate people about global warming with the help of a compact slide show filled with facts and proofs. These set of slides have been presented all over the world and are quite famous.The slides are presented with Gore’s real life story as a backdrop. This documentary was being made at the time he was campaigning simultaneously for the position of the president of the US.
Gore makes the presentation interspersed with anecdotes from his own life. For instance,his interaction with climate expert Roger Revelle who inspired his interest in this issue.He also talks about his sister’s death from lung cancer and his son’s near fatal car accident and the loss to George Bush in the presidential race as defining points of his life which brought focus to his mission.
Gore discusses about the scientific opinion on climate change and tries to bring out the gravity of the situation facing us. The scientific opinion is backed up by evidences collected from across the world.For instance , the ice blocks drilled from the Antartic ice shelf gives us an idea about the rising levels of CO2 in the Earth’s atmosphere. He also gives us a startling picture of what is happening and how much worse it could be if the greenhouse gas emissions are not controlled. The footage of the collapse of the ice sheets paints a very grave picture of what lies ahead.
He urges everyone to be proactive and proposes that this is a common problem which everyone must act on and that it is a moral issue as much as it’s a political issue.
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