It once again shows the depressing reality of global warming, but emphasizes the ways in which solutions are within reach. Renewable energy is at an all-time high, and communities around the world are taking the lead in reducing carbon emissions and caring for the environment, even when the federal government fails to: President Trump recently pulled the United States out of the Paris climate accords, but a growing number of American cities and states are committing to respecting the agreement anyway.Īn Inconvenient Sequel builds on that momentum and rides the change-is-possible-and-already-happening wave to not simply create more awareness, but motivate viewers to act on climate change. Nearly 200 nations in the world signed a climate agreement for the first time, pledging to reduce their emissions of greenhouse gases to fight climate change. In the time since the 2006 documentary has been released, we've proven out its theory that change is possible. And more powerful storms, fueled by warming oceans, are battering the coasts of countries like the Philippines. The five-year-old drought in California led to water rationing in the state. Communities around the world, including in the US, are having to relocate because of rising sea levels - foreshadowing a likely future in which millions of climate refugees will need to find a new home. We’re seeing the real, specific consequences of our warming planet. The Arctic is warming up at unprecedented levels. The Antarctica and Greenland ice shelves are melting, threatening Earth with destructive sea level rise.
For the past three years, our planet has set new heat records. Many of the predictions from Gore’s original documentary have come to pass.
People are much more aware today about climate change than they were in 2006, but the last 11 years have not been good for the planet. The last 11 years have not been good for the planet