Al Gore maintains optimism in climate fight 20 years after documentary
Former US vice-president Al Gore said he remains optimistic about confronting the climate crisis two decades after the release of his documentary An Inconvenient Truth. Speaking at a New York anniversary event, Gore said he had been surprised by the continuing backlash from fossil-fuel interests and political allies.
Al Gore has said he remains optimistic that the world will confront the climate crisis, 20 years after the release of his documentary An Inconvenient Truth. The former US vice-president made the comments at a New York event marking the anniversary of the film and his subsequent climate advocacy. Gore said he had been surprised by the ferocity and persistence of opposition from the fossil-fuel industry and its political allies.
He also joked about the progress made since the documentary’s release, saying: “I always say if it hadn’t been for me, we might have a big problem right now.”
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