Al Gore Takes His Climate Change Show on the Road to Istanbul

The former Vice-President has been asked to give a presentation on climate change during a conference hosted by World Wildlife Fund, Turkey and Garanti Bank.

The former vice-president is being given credit for bringing more worldwide attention to global warming and climate change as the result of his wildly popular documentary, An Inconvenient Truth.

Mr. Gore's presentation at this conference in Turkey will be based on his 30 years of work and research about the causes and effects of global climate change. This speech will be given to Turkish opinion leaders, leaders of the Turkish business world and media on June 12 at Çırağan Palace.

Mr. Gore has been able to assemble a team of renowned scientists and educators that are attempting to train more than 1,000 people on the causes and effects of climate change. Gore is hoping his team will be able to lead these people into coming up with a worldwide solution to global warming and climate change.

The former vice-president's presentation will show how global climate change is leading to the melting of icebergs and severe droughts and storms. This presentation will also involve a discussion about how misinformation is leading to worldwide confusion about global warming.

Mr. Gore plans to use scientific data to show the world can longer ignore the facts surrounding global warming. Mr. Gore also plans to discuss what can be done to combat climate change while inviting everyone to do their part in helping to save the worldwide environment.

WWF-Turkey Chairman Akın Öngör says, “Global climate change is the biggest environmental threat that the world faces.

Mr. Öngör points to severe flooding, bigger and more frequent forest fires, rapidly spreading diseases, a decrease in rainfall, and water shortages as some of the consequences attributed to global climate caused by an increase in the Earths temperature.

The leaders of this conference hope the invitation for Al Gore to speak at their conference will lead to an increasing awareness about the need for people to take action now in the battle against global warming and climate change.

Garanti Bank's President and CEO Ergun Özen says, “For 15 years, we have been the corporate sponsor of WWF-Turkey and have been supporting its environmental conservation projects. Our goal is to help create a more livable environment that is better conserved.

Mr. Özen also said his company supported a January viewing of Gore's An Inconvenient Truth in Turkey, and this led to Turkey inviting Gore to his presentation on global climate change. Mr. Özen is also among those people who hope the Gore presentation will lead to more people getting involved in the fight against global warming and climate change.

Read more about Gore's trip to Turkey at the Turkish Daily News