An Inconvenient Local Truth – Adverse and unpredictable Weather patterns

In 2006, Al Gore gave a talk during the TED Global conference in Monterey California.

In this talk on averting climate crisis, Al Gore outlined 15 ways we can address climate change.  Watch this talk at the TED web site or download the video file (zipped MP4, 57MB).

Al Gore later gave another TED Talk titled ‘New Thinking on Climate Change’.

The entire transcript of this TED Talk is available here.

Dry after recent heavy rains

When I went back to my village last week, I was rather surprised at how dry the place now looks. It is all dusty, and the sun seems hotter than ever.

Consider the following photos:

Dried up and eroded

People have already prepared their farms, ready for the rain which is yet to fall.

The land is prepared, but the rain is yet to fall

Fortunately, the crops that were already planted are all green.

Individually do A LITTLE MORE, Collectively do A LOT MORE

Global warming, unpredictable weather patterns, and all the attendant problems that are triggered by adverse climate change are in fact very real. We can however, each in our own small and individual ways do something about it.

Quoting Al Gore as he answered a question during his ‘New Thinking on Climate change’ TED Talk,

There’s an old African proverb that some of you know that says, “If you want to go quickly, go alone; if you want to go far, go together.” We have to go far quickly. So we have to have a change in consciousness. A change in commitment. A new sense of urgency. A new appreciation for the privilege that we have of undertaking this challenge.

At TED 2009, Al Gore gave yet another talk, where he showed updated slides and video clips that outlined the current climate change situation. Following is the video:

Read reviews, share or download the above Al Gore TED Talk here.

The Need for Change

So, be the change you want the world to be. It is possible. If we each a little more, we all do a lot more.

Let us learn, share and change.