'Scientists were dead right': Al Gore says on 20th anniversary of 'An Inconvenient Truth' (only 4.62 years left)

ABC News ^ | 6/16/26 | Julia Jacobo

[Libloather]

The scientists have been right about climate change all along, says former Vice President Al Gore on the 20th anniversary of the release of "An Inconvenient Truth," the Oscar-winning documentary about Gore's campaign to educate people about climate change.

When asked by ABC News chief meteorologist and chief climate correspondent Ginger Zee whether the film and its predictions on global warming hold up, Gore responded, "Unfortunately, yes."

"The scientists were dead right on all the important elements of it, and it really is insane that we are continuing to use the sky as an open sewer and we're trapping so much heat every day it's equal to the amount that would be released by 800,000 Hiroshima-class atomic bombs exploding every day on the earth," Gore said during an interview with ABC News at his family farm in Tennessee.

In a review of key claims by the documentary, ABC News found that the majority of the scientific observations made in "An Inconvenient Truth" have come to fruition or are on track to in the years to come. The last 11 years -- from 2015 to 2025 -- have been the hottest on record, according to scientific data from NOAA and the Copernicus Climate Change Service and summarized in a report released earlier this year by the World Meteorological Organization.

In the film, Gore also discussed how warming oceans would cause hurricanes to be more destructive. Climate scientists over the last decade have contributed to a growing body of evidence that human-amplified warming is leading to more intense storms and allowing for the rapid intensification of tropical cyclones as they approach land.

[oldtech]

How many years has Al Gore been all wrong now? Does he think he controls the climate? Or is it that scientists do? Maybe, just maybe they are both wrong. Wishing Gore would just be quiet & go away or dabble in something he actually knows about.

[WhiteHatBobby0701]

All about imposing Communism’s Watermelon, as Rush and others said years ago. Green on the outside, red Communism on the inside.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

During THE COMING ICE AGE years of the 1970s I can remember some super HOT days in the summer, as early as April 12, 1972.
In the Glo-Bull Warming and Climate Change years I have not had to use the AC till late May or mid June.
Last few days have been nice and cool, nights in the mid 60sF.

[RatRipper]

Man-Bear-Pig . . . so says South Park