Al Gore on 'An Inconvenient Sequel': 'Not even a president can stop the climate movement'

Al Gore on 'An Inconvenient Sequel': 'Not even a president can stop the climate movement'

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CNN - May 22, 2017

By Thomas Page

"We know after four months of the Trump Administration that no one person, not even a president, can stop the climate movement," Al Gore told press today at the Cannes Film Festival.

Eleven years after screening the Oscar-winning documentary "An Inconvenient Truth," the former vice president arrived to the French Riviera with a sequel, along with cautious optimism -- even regarding President Trump.

"I do believe that there is a better than even chance that he will surprise many by keeping the US in the Paris Agreement," said Gore. "I don't know that he will, but I think there is a chance that he will."  Read more.