Al Gore promotes his film about climate change. Photograph: Samantha Sin/AFP
The former US vice-president Al Gore is working on a new book about the environment as a sequel to An Inconvenient Truth, his Oscar-winning film about global warming.
The Path to Survival will be published next spring to coincide with Earth Day on April 22.
According to the publisher, Rodale Books, Gore will spell out a blueprint for the changes that individuals and governments need to make to avoid catastrophic climate change.
In a statement it said the book would explain how "bold choices now to protect our environment will also create new jobs, propel sustainable economic improvements, and inspire a new generation to tackle our most challenging issues with moral leadership".
It said the book would be, "part scientific manual, part exposé, part visionary call for a new planet-wide political movement".
Rodale said Path to Survival would "appeal to those who were motivated by the call to action of An Inconvenient Truth and who are now ready to fight for the solutions that were considered politically impossible only a short time ago".
As yet there are no plans to turn the book into a movie.
An Inconvenient Truth was released as a film in 2006 and won an Oscar for best documentary. Its screenings, notably in schools, have helped to reinforce the growing consensus about the dangers of climate change.
A book to accompany the film topped the New York Times bestseller list for non-fiction paperbacks.
Gore's most recent book, The Assault On Reason, was a relentless attack on the administration of the US president, George Bush, who narrowly defeated Gore in the 2000 election.
Meanwhile, Gore has again declined to completely rule out running for president next year.
But in an interview with 02138, a magazine for Harvard graduates, he said: "It doesn't feel right at this point." He also said he doubted he would ever completely rule out a return to politics in the future.
In the interview he backed a proposal by the Democratic presidential hopeful Chris Dodd for a carbon tax on polluters.
"I'm convinced that we should eliminate the payroll tax and replace it dollar for dollar with a (carbon) tax," he said.
Gore said he would probably endorse one of the Democratic party's presidential candidates next year, but not necessarily Hillary Clinton, the wife of his former boss.
Asked if he felt an obligation to support Mrs Clinton, he said: "Uh ... no. I have friendships with her and other candidates, and they're all on equal footing at this point as far as I'm concerned."
The Path to Survival will be published next spring to coincide with Earth Day on April 22.
According to the publisher, Rodale Books, Gore will spell out a blueprint for the changes that individuals and governments need to make to avoid catastrophic climate change.
In a statement it said the book would explain how "bold choices now to protect our environment will also create new jobs, propel sustainable economic improvements, and inspire a new generation to tackle our most challenging issues with moral leadership".
It said the book would be, "part scientific manual, part exposé, part visionary call for a new planet-wide political movement".
Rodale said Path to Survival would "appeal to those who were motivated by the call to action of An Inconvenient Truth and who are now ready to fight for the solutions that were considered politically impossible only a short time ago".
As yet there are no plans to turn the book into a movie.
An Inconvenient Truth was released as a film in 2006 and won an Oscar for best documentary. Its screenings, notably in schools, have helped to reinforce the growing consensus about the dangers of climate change.
A book to accompany the film topped the New York Times bestseller list for non-fiction paperbacks.
Gore's most recent book, The Assault On Reason, was a relentless attack on the administration of the US president, George Bush, who narrowly defeated Gore in the 2000 election.
Meanwhile, Gore has again declined to completely rule out running for president next year.
But in an interview with 02138, a magazine for Harvard graduates, he said: "It doesn't feel right at this point." He also said he doubted he would ever completely rule out a return to politics in the future.
In the interview he backed a proposal by the Democratic presidential hopeful Chris Dodd for a carbon tax on polluters.
"I'm convinced that we should eliminate the payroll tax and replace it dollar for dollar with a (carbon) tax," he said.
Gore said he would probably endorse one of the Democratic party's presidential candidates next year, but not necessarily Hillary Clinton, the wife of his former boss.
Asked if he felt an obligation to support Mrs Clinton, he said: "Uh ... no. I have friendships with her and other candidates, and they're all on equal footing at this point as far as I'm concerned."
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