Our comments on 'An Inconvenient Truth' by Margot, Coralie and Océane

We watched the film « An Inconvenient Truth » made by Al Gore. He won two Oscars for this film. We feel like participants at a conference about global warming in the movie. Al Gore is « the ex-future president of the United States ». He was the Democratic Party’s nominee to be President in the 2000 elections. He is an environmental activist and received The Nobel Peace Prize for his work as a climate change activist in 2007.

Al Gore explains in this film that global warming is caused by man’s activities. So during his conference he shows us that people’s behaviour has a harmful effect on the environment. He uses many graphs, many pictures and short animated films to make people aware of the problem. For example, there is a graph about the rising temperature in the world. In the year 2005, the temperature was the hottest on record. In another graph, we can see that the temperature of the ocean is also increasing which will cause the icecap to melt. And this in turn will cause sea levels to rise. This phenomenon would mean the World Trade Center memorial on Manhattan would be flooded. Al Gore demonstrates that the consequences of man’s activities can still be changed. In the movie, we see pictures of The North and South Poles and the disastrous consequences global warming is having on these territories. At the end of the film, he gives examples of behaviour that we can adopt to protect the environment.

This film illustrates the reality of global warming. It makes us think about our habits. We have to change, with this film we understand that it's very important to act. Unfortunately, people don't feel concerned by Global Warming and think that it's too much effort to change their habits. But this is wrong. We can help doing small actions for the environment each day. For example recycling our waste, switching off the light when we leave a room... We could also tell people about this film and encourage them to watch it.