Why did Mr Gore develop The Climate Project?
How long will Mr Gore be travelling the world training climate presenters?
What is the purpose of it?
What is his personal involvement with it?
What is the connection with the JSW Foundation?
How many trainees have been trained as presenters in India?
Are there other “Climate Projects”?
Will there be more?
Will Mr Gore train more presenters in India?
Who is a typical presenter?
Who do they typically present to?
Can I be one?
How do I stay up to date with what is happening with this project and others around the world?
I am not a presenter but can I have access to the slide show?
Does the slide show change?
What has been the effect of this initiative so far?
How can I see the movie An Inconvenient Truth?
Who is JSW Foundation?
Was the film "An Inconvenient Truth" carbon neutral?
Why did Mr Gore develop The Climate Project?
Mr Gore has been refining his slide show presentation on global warming for the last 30 years. He has used it to address all kinds of high profile audiences, including the Indian Parliament, on the issues of climate change. His work, and other campaigning work on global warming, means that more people understand dangers resulting from climate change. Mr. Gore felt that it was in government and public policy that the awareness should be reflected.
So, after not being elected to the White House in 2000, Mr. Gore decided to widen his remit and travel around the world to deliver his slide show and share the information to “anyone who felt compelled to listen.”
The movie An Inconvenient Truth was a direct result of a presentation made in LA. It was awarded an Oscar and was very successful at broadening the audience for Mr Gore's slide show.
Soon after, Mr Gore had the idea that he could further multiply his outreach by training individuals to deliver his slide show. He started training climate presenters in his home town of Nashville where The Climate Project was born. Each presenter trained commits to presenting a minimum of 10 times, using there own networks and resources to do so.
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How long will Mr Gore be travelling the world training climate presenters?
At this stage Mr Gore has no end date in mind, the only plans are to expand the project.
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What is the purpose of it?
The Climate Project aims to:
- deliver the climate crisis message in a relevant expedient way by harnessing the power of mass mobilisation
- expand the audience of the message of An Inconvenient Truth and generate an urgency to insist that policy addressing global warming becomes top priority
- Through educating the public, they too will make an informed choice and a deep commitment to stopping dangerous climate change
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What is his personal involvement with it?
Mr Gore sets aside up to two days to personally train the selected trainees in batches of as many as 200. He delivers his slide show then explains each slide individually.
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What is the connection with the JSW Foundation?
The JSW Foundation is helping establish the India chapter of TCP by generously providing money, people and shared infrastructure during the initial stages of the organisation. The Foundation is funded by JSW which has made a strong commitment to tackling climate change and is already seen as a leader in clean steel production. Once establish, TCP India will be an independent organisation.
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How many trainees have been trained as presenters in India?
So far there are 120 trainees who come from all walks of life.
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Are there other “Climate Projects”?
Currently there is a Climate Project in Nashville, the UK, Australia, Canada and now India. There are more expected to rise soon in other countries.
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Will there be more?
Yes.
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Will Mr Gore train more presenters in India?
We are hoping to make that happen but there are no tentative dates as of yet.
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Who is a typical presenter?
There isn't one. Some are housewives, students, elderly, or professionals. Professions range from doctors, lawyers, dancers, architects, some employed as doctors, lawyers, farmers, dancers, architects, others are volunteers.
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Who do they typically present to?
The idea is that a presenter would choose high impact audiences. Some will proactively plan their 10 presentations, and/or fill requests made to The Climate Project – India.
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Can I be one?
If further training sessions are carried out the will invite applications for presenters. In the meantime if you want to involve your family, friends or community we will make available information and packs for educational purposes via our website. You most certainly could attend a presentation.
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How do I stay up to date with what is happening with this project and others around the world?
The website www.climateprojectindia.org will be up to date and will keep you posted on what is happening at The Climate Project – India. It will link to other Climate Project sites as they are developed.
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I am not a presenter but can I have access to the slide show?
Unfortunately that is not possible at the moment, but we recommend buying the film/book An Inconvenient Truth or reading the many web resources on Climate Change that we will provide links to. We also hope to develop India-specific presentations and materials to put on our site.
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Does the slide show change?
Yes, many different versions exist which have been developed by Mr Gore and presenters to ensure nuance of the audience is reflected in the slide show. The Indian presenters will be using some slides that talk about the domestic impact of climate change.
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What has been the effect of this initiative so far?
Tens of thousands of people understand the effect of climate change and that the issue is not the property of environment groups or scientists. The issue is now understood to be a moral one, which can be redressed by small and wholesale changes either in people’s everyday lives or by government policy, both of which individuals can influence.
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How can I see the movie An Inconvenient Truth?
It has been released on DVD and should be on the shelf at your local video store for you to hire. We would like to add that even if you are a presenter, we can not send copies of the movie out at this time.
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Who is JSW Foundation?
An independent Trust, named JSW Foundation, administers the social development initiatives of the JSW group. Mrs Sangita Jindal chairs the Foundation. Every year, the Foundation consults with local communities and JSW employees to finalise a set of activities that get built into their business plan. The Foundation lays emphasis on maintaining a continuum of social development thinking into the conduct of these activities. More information can be found on http://www.jswfoundation.com
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Was the film "An Inconvenient Truth" carbon neutral?
Yes, as was the inaugural March 2008 India training session of The Climate Project – India.
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