An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It

Al Gore's 2006 companion to the Academy Award-winning documentary presents the scientific case for anthropogenic climate change through striking graphics, before-and-after photographs of melting glaciers and ice sheets, and accessible explanations of atmospheric science. The book became a New York Times bestseller and brought the climate crisis into mainstream American discourse, arguing that what happens locally has worldwide consequences and that individual and collective action can still avert catastrophe.