Al Gore

In The Future, former US Vice President Al Gore, explores the political, social and economic forces that are shaping what America and the world will become in ensuing decades. From demographics to democracy, Gore explores what he calls the 'Drivers of Global Change', framing the international conversation about the future in fresh and provocative ways. With this new work, Gore hopes to help start a conversation about the large-scale drivers of change that are defining and shaping our future - from the rapid development and integration of radically new technologies to the planet-changing impact of the climate crisis, to poverty, globalization, and the democratisation of knowledge accompanying the emergence of a ubiquitous internet linking ever more intelligent devices.

A lo largo de los tres últimos siglos, el rápido crecimiento demográfico y el incremento de las economías industriales han situado la relación entre hielo y población en una grave situación de desequilibrio, hasta el punto de que es posible que pronto vivamos, por primera vez en la historia humana, en un planeta sin hielo.Avalado por Al Gore, el geofisico Henry Pollack (ambos premios Nobel de la Paz 2007), presenta con claridad y precision un retrato apasionante del delicado equilibrio geologico de la Tierra y de su hielo, y muestra por que la rapida perdida actual de hielo presagia consecuencias realmente graves para un futuro no muy lejano.Un mundo sin hielo aborda las preguntas mas apremiantes sobre esta crisis venidera y nos presenta las medidas que debemos adoptar para evitar las catastroficas repercusiones que el calentamiento global produce en nuestro planeta.La humanidad ha llegado a un punto en que debe tomar una decision historica. La Tierra se encuentra en grave peligro. Lo que puede quedar destruido no es nuestro planeta en si, sino las condiciones climaticas singulares que lo han hecho habitable para la vida humana, y que contribuyen a sustentar la civilizacion tal como la conocemos.AL GOREEste libro trata del hielo y la poblacion; de la influencia del hielo sobre la Tierra, sobre su clima y sobre sus habitantes humanos, asi como sobre el impacto que actualmente ejerce la humanidad sobre el hielo y el clima.El hielo, actuando sobre las montañas, regulando las temperaturas, influyendo sobre las corrientes marinas o definiendo el limite de los asentamientos humanos, ha dado forma al mundo en que vivimos, y sigue dandola.A lo largo de los siglos ha representado un desafio, duro a la vez que hermoso, para los marinos, los exploradores, los cientificos y otros que han aspirado a recorrer y entender los ultimos rincones de la Tierra, e incluso de otros planetas de nuestro sistema solar.Escrito con un estilo atractivo y accesible, Un mundo sin hielo aborda las preguntas mas apremiantes sobre la crisis venidera y expone las medidas que debemos adoptar para evitar repercusiones graves en el planeta que consideramos nuestro hogar.El doctor HENRY POLLACK y sus compañeros del Panel Intergubernamental del Cambio Climatico compartieron el premio Nobel de la Paz de 2007 con el ex vicepresidente de los Estados Unidos, Al Gore.Pollack, que ha sido catedratico de Geofisica en la Universidad de Michigan durante mas de cuarenta años, viaja frecuentemente a la Antartida y ha llevado a cabo investigaciones cientificas en todos los continentes.Actualmente ejerce de asesor cientifico en el Proyecto del Clima, de Gore. Pollack, autor tambien de"Uncertain Science Uncertain World"(Ciencia incierta mundo incierto), vive en Ann Arbor, Michigan (EE.UU.).

La verdad, y la razón como modo de llegar a ella, son dos elementos fundamentales para la salud de una democracia. Sin embargo, la política contemporánea parece seguir un camino prácticamente opuesto. Nos hallamos ante un autentico ataque contra la razon, liderado por la administracion de George W. Bush, que tiende a ignorar las opiniones de los expertos, ya sea sobre el numero de tropas necesarias en Irak, el cambio climatico o el deficit publico, y evita el proceso normal de de bate y toma de decisiones para apoyar politcas especificas de raiz ideologica.Con la misma pasion y claridad con la que expuso la crisis medioambiental en Una verdad incomoda, Al Gore explica ahora como una politica basada en el miedo, el secretismo, el partidismo y la fe ciega, combinada con la degradacion del debate publico, ha creado un entorno hostil para la razon, la logica y la verdad, que desempeñan un papel cada vez mas reducido en el modo en que los Estados Unidos toma las decisiones mas importantes.

A #1 New York Times bestseller: A visionary analysis of the degradation of our public sphere and its consequences for our democracy Nobel Peace Prize winner, bestselling author, activist, and political icon, Al Gore has become one of the most respected and influential public intellectuals in America today. The Assault on Reason takes an unprecedented look at how faith in the power of reason—the idea that citizens can govern themselves through rational debate—is now under assault. The marketplace of ideas, once open to everyone through the printed word, has been corrupted by the politics of fear, secrecy, cronyism, and blind faith. By leading us to an understanding of what we can do to restore the rule of reason, Gore has written a farsighted and powerful manifesto for clear thinking.

The truth about the climate crisis is an inconvenient one that means we are going to have to change the way we live our lives - and this affects young people above all. Our climate crisis may at times appear to be happening slowly, but in fact it has become a true planetary emergency and we need to understand that we are facing a crisis. Al Gore, former Vice President of the United States, has been a passionate advocate of action to halt climate change for many years. In this young adult edition of "An Inconvenient Truth", adapted from his acclaimed book and film, he writes about the urgent need to solve the problems of climate change, presenting facts and information on all aspects of global warming in a direct, thoughtful and compelling way, using explanatory diagrams and dramatic photos to clarify and highlight key issues. For this young adult edition, the text has been edited down from 320 to 192 pages, with younger readership in mind, so sections aimed specifically at adults (e.g. insurance implications, investing in energy and political material)and the text) will be omitted in favour of clear text, appropriate photographs and easily understandable graphs.The overall aim is to gear the content to the people who will in fact be dealing with global warming for the rest of their lives.

At the time George W. Bush ordered forces to invade Iraq, 70 per cent of Americans believed Saddam Hussein was linked to 9/11. When asked to list what stuck in their minds about the campaign, voters most frequently named two Bush TV ads that played to fears of terrorism. How did the US get here? And how much damage has been done to the functioning of democracy? Never has there been a worse time to lose the capacity to face long-term challenges, from national security to the economy, from issues of health and social welfare to the environment. As Al Gore''s farsighted and powerful manifesto for clear thinking shows, there is precious little time to waste.

Al Gore has been a passionate advocate of action to halt climate change for many years. In his best-selling book, An Inconvenient Truth, he wrote about the urgent need to address the problems of climate change, presenting comprehensive facts and information on all aspects of global warming in a direct, thoughtful and compelling way, using explanatory diagrams and dramatic photos to clarify and highlight key issues. Adopting the same lucid technique, in A Path to Survival, he proposes solutions at every level of our lives, from the personal and local to the national and political to the area of international policy and law. For this young adult edition, he text has been edited down from 320 to 192 pages, with an 11-14-year-old readership in mind, so sections aimed specifically at adults (e.g. insurance implications, investing in energy and political material) will be omitted in favour of clear text, appropriate photographs and easily understandable graphs. The overall aim is to gear the content to the people who will in fact be dealing with global arming throughout their lives.

Al Gore has been a passionate advocate of action to halt climate change for many years. In his best-selling book, An Inconvenient Truth, he wrote about the urgent need to address the problems of climate change, presenting comprehensive facts and information on all aspects of global warming in a direct, thoughtful and compelling way, using explanatory diagrams and dramatic photos to clarify and highlight key issues. Adopting the same lucid technique in Our Choice, he proposes solutions at every level of our lives, from the personal and local to the national and political to the area of international policy and law.

" Le progrès s''est transformé en risque pour l''humanité, mais le risque peut à son tour devenir une chance. Gore nous montre comment nous avons progressivement rompu nos liens avec notre Terre. Il

A passionate and lifelong defender of the environment, Vice President Al Gore describes in this classic best-selling book how human actions and decisions can endanger or safeguard the vulnerable ecosystem that sustains us all. The book''s groundbreaking analysis helped place the environment on the national agenda, summoning politicians, the media, and the public to attention and action. The message remains just as urgent today as it did eight years ago: while much has been accomplished, we must meet a global environmental challenge that reaches into every aspect of our society. In brave and unforgettable terms, Earth in the Balance probes the roots of the environmental crisis and offers a bold and forceful vision of a new, more sustainable path. Having provoked international discussion upon its original publication, it continues to confront us with profound challenges. Human civilization must change its course if we are to heal our ailing environment and preserve the earth''s ecology for future generations. Vice President Gore describes in a new foreword to this classic what we have achieved and what remains to be done, and issues a clarion call to begin the millennium with an "Environment Decade." It is time to reflect deeply on the fate of our planet and commit ourselves to its future.

The truth about the climate crisis is an inconvenient one that means we are going to have to change the way we live our lives. Our climate crisis may at times appear to be happening slowly, but in fact it has become a true planetary emergency and we must recognise that we are facing a crisis. So why is it that some leaders seem not to hear the clarion warnings? Are they resisting the truth because they know that the moment they acknowledge it, they will face a moral imperative to act? Is it simply more convenient to ignore the warnings? Perhaps, but inconvenient truths do not go away just because they are not seen, rather, their significance grows. Al Gore, former Vice President of the United States, has been a passionate advocate of action to halt climate change for many years. In "An Inconvenient Truth" Gore writes about the urgent need to solve the problems of climate change, presenting comprehensive facts and information on all aspects of global warming in a direct, thoughtful and compelling way,using explanatory diagrams and dramatic photos to clarify and highlight key issues.The book has been described in the "New York Times" as one which could ''push awareness of global warming to a real tipping point''. The documentary film of the same name, based on the book, premiered at this year''s Sundance Festival to great acclaim.

A visionary analysis of how the politics of fear, secrecy, cronyism, and blind faith has combined with the degration of the public sphere to create an environment dangerously hostile to reason At the time George W. Bush ordered American forces to invade Iraq, 70 percent of Americans believed Saddam Hussein was linked to 9/11. Voters in Ohio, when asked by pollsters to list what stuck in their minds about the campaign, most frequently named two Bush television ads that played to fears of terrorism. We live in an age when the thirty-second television spot is the most powerful force shaping the electorate's thinking, and America is in the hands of an administration less interested than any previous administration in sharing the truth with the citizenry. Related to this and of even greater concern is this administration's disinterest in the process by which the truth is ascertained, the tenets of fact-based reasoning-first among them an embrace of open inquiry in which unexpected and even inconvenient facts can lead to unexpected conclusions. How did we get here? How much damage has been done to the functioning of our democracy and its role as steward of our security? Never has there been a worse time for us to lose the capacity to face the reality of our long-term challenges, from national security to the economy, from issues of health and social welfare to the environment. As The Assault on Reason shows us, we have precious little time to waste. Gore's larger goal in this book is to explain how the public sphere itself has evolved into a place hospitable to reason's enemies, to make us more aware of the forces at work on our own minds, and to lead us to an understanding of what we can do, individually and collectively, to restore the rule of reason and safeguard our future. Drawing on a life's work in politics as well as on the work of experts across a broad range of disciplines, Al Gore has written a farsighted and powerful manifesto for clear thinking.

Éste no es un libro más sobre el calentamiento global. Es un libro apoyado por una película, o una película apoyada por un libro, que deja claro lo que está pasando, cuáles son las consecuencias exactas, los efectos a la vista, los resultados evidentes de la emision indiscriminada de gases de efecto invernadero, de la destruccion de las masas forestales, de la contaminacion insostenible de las aguas continentales y oceanicas. Este libro nos pone delante de los ojos, de una forma incontestable, el cambio climatico. Es ademas una cronica de la vida de Al Gore y su familia, una exposicion de las razones que justifican su implicacion en la lucha por la concienciacion de la gente y la concrecion de medidas que eviten el cambio climatico. Este libro esta basado en el intenso trabajo de recopilacion de datos y de sintesis de conclusiones que Al Gore ha realizado en multiples conferencias a lo largo de los ultimos años. Este libro de Al Gore, ex vicepresidente de EE. UU. con Bill Clinton y candidato a la presidencia por el Partido Democrata en las elecciones de noviembre de 2000, muestra, con fotografias espectaculares (tomadas desde el espacio y tambien a ras de tierra, en la superficie y en las profundidades de los oceanos, en los desiertos y en los bosques de todo el planeta), con magnificos desplegables, con graficos claros y facilmente entendibles, con datos fiables y contrastados, con ilustraciones sencillas y muy reveladoras, con imagenes tratadas digitalmente que realizan proyecciones de futuro, que el cambio climatico no es algo inminente, sino que esta sucediendo. El cambio climatico supone para Al Gore, y es dificil llevarle la contraria tras leer este libro, el reto mas importante al que justo ahora, sin plazo o dilacion posible, se enfrenta la humanidad. Sus tremendas consecuencias para el equilibrio del ciclo meteorologico y de la vida estan modificando la faz de este planeta, y van a determinar sustancialmente (haciendola probablemente mas dificil) la existencia de todos sus pobladores si no se empieza a actuar ya.

«Mai no ha estat tan important que encarem la realitat dels nostres reptes a llarg termini, des de la crisi del clima fins a la guerra de l Iraq, passant per moltes altres qüestions. La raó és atacada per forces que fan servir tècniques sofisticades, com la propaganda, la psicologia i els medis de comunicació electrònics. Tot i que els reptes als quals ens enfrontem són grans, tinc més confiança que mai en el fet que la democràcia triomfarà i que estarem a l alçada del desafiament. Espero que els que llegeixin aquest llibre decideixin formar part d un nou moviment que ho faci possible.».Al Gore

Después de Una verdad incómoda, Gore recopiló los resultados de cuarenta años de experiencia como estudiante, político, escritor, cineasta, empresario y activista para describir y explicar de manera comprensible las soluciones reales al problema del calentamiento global. Galardonado con el premio Nobel por la paz en el 2007 por su trabajo y compromiso con el medioambiente, Gore sigue con su mision de definir las cuestiones urgentes que debemos enfrentar. Nuestra eleccion busca convocar a aquellos dispuestos a luchar por encontrar soluciones a la crisis mundial del cambio climatico, incluso aquellas que parecian imposibles algunos años atras. Desde la publicacion del best seller Una verdad incomoda y el lanzamiento de la pelicula que gano el premio Oscar, Gore ha encabezado mas de 30 cumbres mundiales con ilustres cientificos, ingenieros, politicos y expertos para examinar en detalle y en profundidad la situacion con el fin de encontrar alternativas a la crisis. Nuestra eleccion describe las conclusiones a las que se llego durante estas cumbres y los resultados derivados de investigaciones exhaustivas independientes, que describen como las alternativas audaces necesarias para salvar el clima tendrian que ser tambien los cimientos de las politicas internacionales dirigidas a la creacion de nuevos puestos de tra...