An Inconvenient Truth 2 – An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (2017)

Directed by: Bonni Cohen, Jon Shenk | 98 minutes | documentary | Starring: Al Gore

More than ten years after the success of ‘An Inconvenient Truth’, an eye opener for many people and the start of the Sustainability Revolution, former vice president of the United States, Al Gore, has come up with a successor. Anyone who thinks that he has only dabbled in the meantime and has only wanted to make a sequel to his Hollywoods for profit will be disappointed: Gore has certainly not been idle and has made his career out of making people see the need for climate change. . He is a star in lobbying, but for years he has also been training people as concerned with the fate of the earth as he is himself.

And as in that groundbreaking, Oscar-winning precursor, An Inconvenient Truth 2 is both inspiring and disturbing at the same time. We see images of Greenland, where glaciers are melting, and of Miami Beach, where, thanks to the rising seawater has flooded the streets and pumping is useless Gore visits Georgetown, where an extremely conservative Republican mayor has made his city run entirely on 100% renewable energy, as one of the first in the US We travel with Gore to Tacloban in the Philippines, where he talks to a survivor of Typhoon Haiyan.Through that traumatic event, this John Leonard Chan realized that he wanted to dedicate his life to driving climate change, so he follows the training of his great example It is a heartbreaking scene that will leave no one indifferent.The images in Paris, in the run-up to the 2015 Climate Conference, also touch he viewer in the heart: the terrorist attacks that took place in the city on November 13 of that year, of course influence the course of events during that summit. Then to witness the flair with which Gore manages to provide India with important confidential business information about state-of-the-art solar energy technologies, so that it becomes more financially attractive for them to invest in them instead of polluting coal plants, is very satisfying, but at the same time offers the viewer an interesting look at the workings of politics.

‘An Inconvenient Truth 2’ starts with dissenting voices: reactions that anyone who has ever had a conversation with a global warming denier will recognize: remarks along the lines of ‘What’s the greenhouse effect, isn’t it really cold today?’ Donald Trump can also be heard briefly with his comment that Gore should hand in his Nobel Prize. It then takes until almost the end of the documentary before Trump is mentioned again. That feels weird, like you’re watching old news. After all, the effect of the president elected in 2016 on the future of the earth is undeniable. But it is a conscious choice. And one that works. Because the message that if our world leaders don’t take action, then you have to do it yourself is one that is coming. Everyone can use their voice to contribute. Ask your company, school, university or city to reduce the emission of harmful gases and do your part.

‘An Inconvenient Truth 2’ probably won’t be as much of a wake-up call as the first film and Academy Awards aren’t on the horizon either, although this film is visually much more appealing than the 2006 one, but it’s still a relevant documentary. One that maps out the problem with clear images and figures, gives hope and encourages action. Fight like your world depends on it. Because your world depends on it.