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Article: The Gore factor: reviewing the impact of An Inconvenient Truth.(Movie review)
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- December 1, 2006
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An Inconvenient Truth, featuring former US Vice President Al Gore's presentation on climate change, was released in cinemas across Australia on 14 September 2006. By 3 October, a Lowy Institute poll found that the issue of global warming had become a major concern for most Australians, who saw it as a bigger priority for the country than terrorism. The poll found that an overwhelming majority of Australians wanted action on climate change, even if it harmed the economy.
Alongside Al Gore's film, however, a number of other factors appear to have shifted community, business and political attitudes to the serious risks of human-induced climate change. These include ...