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Also by Al Gore:

The Future, February 2013
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Our Choice, April 2009
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The Assault on Reason, May 2008
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The Assault on Reason, June 2007
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An Inconvenient Truth, June 2006
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Earth in the Balance, January 1991
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An Inconvenient Truth
Al Gore

The truth about the climate crisis is an inconvenient one that means we are going to have to change the way we live our lives.

Rodale
June 2006
328 pages
ISBN: 1594865671
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Non-Fiction

Our climate crisis may at times appear to be happening slowly, but in fact it is happening very quickly - and has become a true planetary emergency. The Chinese expression for crisis consists of two characters. The first is a symbol for danger; the second is a symbol for opportunity. In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and move through it, we first have to recognize that we are facing a crisis. So why is it that our leaders seem not to hear such clarion warnings? Are they resisting the truth because they know that the moment they acknowledge it, they will face a moral imperative to act? Is it simply more convenient to ignore the warnings?

Perhaps, but inconvenient truths do not go away just because they are not seen. Indeed, when they are not responded to, their significance doesn't diminish; it grows.

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