Gore noted that many people see the problem as too large, but said that we should not go directly "from denial to despair." Instead, he said, we have to use what we now know about global warming to find ways to combat it.
The obvious question after seeing the dangers of global warming is whether or not it can be fixed. "If we don't do anything about it, this catastrophe could happen in our lifetime." "To say this would be a catastrophe is a severe understatement," he said.
Gore then described the various disastrous consequences global warming will have, and is already having, on landmasses, plant and animal life, and on human inhabitation of the planet. He explained the scientific phenomena behind the Earth's increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide and the correlated increases in global temperature. He then went on to introduce the "Inconvenient Truth" multi-media presentation that he has delivered across the country and which has been made into a best-selling book and an Academy Award-winning documentary. "We have to walk through the danger in order to seize the opportunity, and in order to walk through the danger we must recognize it." "We focus on the danger without seeing the opportunity," he said. Gore described global warming as "the most dangerous crisis we have ever faced in our civilization." He explained that while the word "crisis" conveys a sense of alarm, it is better to think of "crisis" the way that the Chinese and Japanese languages do - as an instance of both danger and opportunity. "It is not about left and right, but about right and wrong." "This is not a political issue, it is a moral issue," he said. He applauded Congressman Boehlert for seeing global warming as a bipartisan issue. Gore began by recognizing several special guests in the audience including Sherwood Boehlert, the recently retired Republican Congressman from the 24th district of New York, who fought alongside Gore in Congress to bring attention to the issue of climate change. Gore's legacy."įormer Vice President Gore came on stage to a standing ovation from the capacity crowd in the Margaret Bundy Scott Field House. She called Hamilton's commitment to combating climate change "a part of Mr. Green Building Council, and her recent signature to the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment. "What interests us most tonight," she said, "is the courageous and determined way he has turned disappointment in the 2000 presidential election into a crusade against global warming." President Stewart noted the commitment of the Hamilton community to sustainability, including the recent certification of the Skenandoa House by the U.S.
Hamilton College President Joan Hinde Stewart introduced former Vice President Gore, lauding his long career of public service. Gore asked those in attendance to take on global warming, calling it "the most dangerous crisis we have ever faced in our civilization." Gore's lecture on the threat of global warming, "An Inconvenient Truth," was accompanied by the multi-media presentation on which his best-selling book and Academy Award-winning film of the same name are based.
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Al Gore, the 45th vice president of the United States, was the 15th lecturer in the Sacerdote Great Names Series at Hamilton College on Thursday, April 26, in the Margaret Bundy Scott Field House.
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