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Al Gore

Disciplines:
politics
ecology/environmental advocacy
science communication/climate change communication

Summary

American politician, 45th Vice President of the United States, and Nobel Peace Prize winner whose An Inconvenient Truth made climate change a mainstream public concern and launched his transformation from politician to environmental advocate.

Core Contribution

Transformed climate change from a scientific and policy concern into a mass public issue — through An Inconvenient Truth's accessible presentation of climate data — and established the slide-show lecture as a surprisingly effective mass communication format for complex scientific arguments.

Notable Works & Achievements

Earth in the Balance

An Inconvenient Truth

The Future

Historical Influences

Rachel Carson Roger Revelle

Intellectual Lineage

American Democratic Politics Environmental Movement Tennessee Political Tradition

Contemporaries & Peers

Bill Clinton Tipper GoreGreta Thunberg

Minds Influenced

Climate change public discourseEnvironmental advocacy

Intellectual Posterity

An Inconvenient Truth Climate change mass communication

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