2 Al Gore Climate-change prophet Once the US Vice President, then star of An Inconvenient Truth, now Nobel Peace Prize winner, Al Gore found a way to focus the world's attention on climate change. In doing so, he has invented a new medium -- the Keynote movie -- and reinvented himself. Unlike some in public office, Al Gore always intended to get something done, and since leaving Washington, DC -- following the tumultuous 2000 election -- he's still at it. In fact, his campaign for alerting the world to the dangers of climate change has only gained momentum. His Oscar-winning <a href="http://www.climatecrisis.net/" target="_blank">An Inconvenient Truth</a> is the third most successful documentary ever released at the box office. Gore's famed PowerPoint presentation has drawn in a reluctant public, with its meticulously researched content and lucid style. Meanwhile, Gore himself has found his footing as a communicator. The once "wooden" style has given way to a warmth and humor that reveal the depth of his experience as a soldier, congressman, senator, veep, TV executive, teacher and author. Arguably, Gore is better positioned today than he has ever been to affect the future of our environment and world. He was awarded the <a href="http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2007/">Nobel Peace Prize for 2007</a>, along with the <a href="http://www.ipcc.ch/">Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)</a>, "for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change." al_gore 2007-02-13 10:43:00 2009-04-08 14:44:57