A politician, Gore was one of the first to draw popular attention to climate change. He supplemented the best-selling book with a film and DVD with the same title. Ten years later, recognizing that in spite of its wide circulation, his first effort had not had sufficient impact on governmental or social policies, Gore issued An inconvenient sequel, truth to power. Your action handbook to learn the science, find your voice and help solve the climate crisis. New York: Rodale Press, 2017. In spite of the social urgency expressed in the sequel, no film or DVD version was produced, and the impact of the sequel was limited.

For An inconvenient truth Gore shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with the United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change "for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change."

(Thanks to Juan Weiss for this reference and its interpretation.)