Ecological Environment Protection in Political Environment

Milan 2022-07-21 16:53:47

I originally wanted to give it three stars, but after all, the idea of ​​this movie is to benefit people all over the world, and the second half of the movie has a clear feeling of strength, so I still give it four stars. What I don't like is that the first half is too scattered and doesn't focus on any specific topic. It's all about dealing with climate warming, but there are many other things interspersed in the middle, such as Al Gore's own life (although only one small sections), lecture after lecture (which feels like advertising its own course), etc. This gives the impression that the documentary, despite its high intentions, is disorganized. It was not until Al Gore was going to attend the Paris Climate Conference later that I felt that the film finally had a main line, the structure became clear, and the look and feel gradually improved. Leaving aside the messy editing of this documentary, let's get to the subject matter, which is another reason why I'll convince myself to give it four stars later: Al Gore did not impose the requirement of clean energy on anyone by any means. The country (though he has no right to do so), we can see in the film that when India refused to sign a deal at the Paris climate conference, he tried his best to find a compromise and successfully pushed the Indian government signed an agreement. This is different from many insidious politicians abroad. He is not pushing the polluted "dirty water" on developing countries. He is also reflecting on his own country's problems (actually attacking Trump hahaha). Those insidious politicians often regard environmental protection as a trade barrier, restricting various economic and trade cooperation in developing countries, inhibiting their development and so on. . . (Trump is a typical example) From this documentary, it can be felt that no matter whether other American politicians shout slogans to protect the environment or not, at least Al Gore is a person who really wants to protect the environment and is dedicated to this cause. struggling people. For that alone, I still admire him.

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  • Mr. Narendra Modi (PM of India): [at COP21] Democratic India must grow rapidly to meet the aspirations of 1.25 billion people 300 million of whom are without access to energy. Energy is a basic human need. There should be no place for unilateral steps that become economic barriers for others. So, we still need conventional energy, fossil fuel. And anything else will be morally wrong.

  • Al Gore: Ten years ago, when the movie An Inconvenient Truth came out, the single most criticised scene in that movie was an animated scene showing that the combination of sea level rise and storm surge would put the ocean water into the 9/11 memorial site, which was then under construction.