Al Gore Reflects on 20 Years Since ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ and Explains Why There is Still “a Lot of Hope” Amid the Climate Crisis

The Hollywood Reporter and the Sustainable Entertainment Alliance teamed up on Thursday for an inaugural celebration of Hollywood environmentalism, with a special appearance from former Vice President Al Gore.

The Sustainability in Entertainment Honors event, held at Hotel Bel-Air, was timed to THR‘s annual Sustainability Issue and was led by a keynote conversation between Gore and Bradley Whitford, in honor of the 20th anniversary of An Inconvenient Truth. The Oscar-winning documentary followed the former politician as he campaigned to raise public awareness of the dangers of global warming and called for immediate action to save the planet.

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Whitford introduced Gore on stage by declaring him “the leader that all of our children deserved.” The VP started the conversation by looking back at the start of An Inconvenient Truth, which began with him developing an environmental slideshow while still in the White House (“Steve Jobs

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