TOKYO - NOVEMBER 19: Former U.S. Vice President and 2007 Noble Peace Prize Laureate Al Gore greets the audience upon receiving an honorary doctorate at Waseda University November 19, 2008 in Tokyo, Japan. The Honorary Doctorate Degree Conferment Ceremony is part of the Global Summit for Ecology, which is expected to be held in the G8 summit countries continuously in the future. Getty Images logo Getty Images 12 months ago

TOKYO - NOVEMBER 19: Former U.S. Vice President and 2007 Noble Peace Prize Laureate Al Gore greets the audience upon receiving an honorary doctorate at Waseda University November 19, 2008 in Tokyo, Japan. The Honorary Doctorate Degree Conferment Ceremony is part of the Global Summit for Ecology, which is expected to be held in the G8 summit countries continuously in the future.

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  6. Former Vice President Al Gore speaks during the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009, in Phoenix.
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  8. NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 07: (L-R) Staff Sgt. Spencer, marine John Weidenhammer, Lance Cpls. Douglas Williams, Anthony Larcher-Gore, Intrepid Trustee Kent Karosen, Gov. David Paterson, Cpl. Aaron Mankin, Director of the Intrepid Museum, Susan Marenoff and Intrepid Museum President, Bill White attend the Dedication of 9/11 Memorial at Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum on November 7, 2009 in New York City.
  9. NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 07: (L-R) Staff Sgt. Spencer, marine John Weidenhammer, Lance Cpls. Douglas Williams, Anthony Larcher-Gore, Intrepid Trustee Kent Karosen, Gov. David Paterson, Cpl. Aaron Mankin, Director of the Intrepid Museum, Susan Marenoff, and Intrepid Museum President, Bill White attend the Dedication of 9/11 Memorial at Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum on November 7, 2009 in New York City.
  10. NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 03: Michelle Promaulayko, Mayor Wellington Webb, Chairman and CEO of Rodale Maria Rodale and Editor-in-chief of Men's Health Magazine David Zinczenko attend the Rodale launch party for Al Gore's New Book 'OUR CHOICE: A Plan To Solve The Climate Crisis' at the American Museum of Natural History on November 3, 2009 in New York City.
  11. NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 03: Mayor Wellington Webb and Chairman and CEO of Rodale Maria Rodale attend the Rodale launch party for Al Gore's New Book 'OUR CHOICE: A Plan To Solve The Climate Crisis' at the American Museum of Natural History on November 3, 2009 in New York City.
  12. NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 03: Mayor Wellington Webb, Chariman and CEO of Rodale Maria Rodale and Editor-in-chief of Men's Health Magazine David Zinczenko attend the Rodale launch party for Al Gore's New Book 'OUR CHOICE: A Plan To Solve The Climate Crisis' at the American Museum of Natural History on November 3, 2009 in New York City.
  13. NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 03: Mayor Wellington Webb, Al Gore attend the Rodale launch party for Al Gore's New Book 'OUR CHOICE: A Plan To Solve The Climate Crisis' at the American Museum of Natural History on November 3, 2009 in New York City.
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  15. Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, first left, and Chairman of the Board of the Brookings Institute John Thornton, second right, clap as Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang, second left, greets the audience attending the U.S. China Strategic Forum on Clean Energy Cooperation in Beijing, China, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. Gore said that cooperation between China and the U.S., the world's two biggest emitters of greenhouse gases, is crucial to tackling the climate change crisis. The man at right is unidentified.
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