"What's at risk [in 100 years] if we do not take action, truly is the survival of civilization as we know it... Literally that is the case. We have seen global warming so far of just a little bit less than one degree Celsius and look at what's happened. Superstorm Sandy. Boulder Colorado. All these fires. Hurricane Irene one year before."

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Source: Larry King Live, transcripts.cnn.com. June 13, 2006.

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Al Gore is an American politician and environmentalist known for his advocacy on climate change and his influential work, 'An Inconvenient Truth.'

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