Al Gore recently made another eye-opening speech at TED2008. The brand new presentation does a followup of the discussions of The Inconvenient Truth to see how people reacted and what the latest scientific data shows.

The results are astonishing - take a look:

One of the key parts of the presentation that really opened my eyes that in The Inconvenient Truth, Gore predicted that the nothern polar ice caps would be completely gone by 2050 and the severe world-changing events that could result from it such as triggering another ice-age in europe. In this presentation, he shows that within just the last year this effect has accelerated so much that we could see a giant pool of water on the north pole in just 5-6 years. One of the key takeaways is the message of taking up our own responsibilities on this matter. As I mentioned yesterday, this issue goes beyond recycling… for a start, corporations can actively seek out and ratify themselves with global sustainability initiatives - we have to enlist in the global army, if you prefer the metaphor, that is going to stand for sustainable operations for the future.

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