The Climate Project (TCP)

The Climate Project (TCP) was founded by Nobel laureate Al Gore in June 2006 and is a non-profit organization [1] dedicated to raising awareness of what he thinks are global problems related to climate change. This is a grassroots organization of the environment [citation needed] whose mission is to raise awareness on the issue of climate change by offering seminars, lectures and educational presentations throughout the world. In March 2010, merged with TCP The Alliance for Climate Protection.

The Climate Project began operations in June 2006, based in Nashville, Tennessee, home of Al Gore. The first training session took place in September 2006 and April 2007 more than 1,000 people were trained by Al Gore. [Citation needed] the IPCC scientists (Michael McCracken and Henry Pollack) and other TCP coaches were selected from thousands of requests for the TCP site. There are volunteers from all states of the United States, which all received the same training in how to present his own version of the presentation appears in Oscar-winning film An Inconvenient Truth. Participants also received training, including presentation skills and communication with the TCP group site.

The volunteers, the educated, the TCP presenters, who return to their communities to give presentations, a wide range of groups, with a slide show by changing the basis of their presentation, and as a means to educate their audiences, and disseminate information on the subject. After years of basic education over TCP, most presenters are regularly received updates on the evolving science of climate change, and many have participated in training sessions to be held in conjunction with TCP and organizations, such as the Union of Concerned Scientists. [Edit]

TCP now has branches in nine countries worldwide, including USA, Canada, Australia, UK, Latin America, India, Spain, Indonesia and China. In addition to those trained in the United States, the TCP has trained 200 people in the UK [2], 250 in Australia [3], 150 in India [4], 275 in Canada. [5] and 300 in China in June 2010. TCP claims to have delivered more than 70 000 presentations, reaching an audience of more than seven million people [6]. The last training session in China [7] [8] the total number of TCP presenters world 3500 [9]. support for education is given after the initial training in the task of reaching audiences across the country. After the return of the original presentation, which are connected through the Climate Project's website and interactive community, where a team of online communications and environmental specialists, materials for public assistance in the organization their sites to speak, and press releases are available.

Presenters are trained on the latest scientific and political issues, including three educational summits in 2009 and an international summit in 2010. TCP has a number of programs, partnerships and initiatives. Such an initiative is the Inconvenient Youth, launched on Earth Day 2010 and designed to train and organize youth in the fight against climate change through engagement and leadership opportunities.