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Gore urges TV community to spread climate message

Former Vice-President Al Gore urged the global television community to help get the word out about the climate crisis before it is too late.

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NEW YORK: Former Vice-President Al Gore urged the global television community to help get the word out about the climate crisis before it is too late as he accepted a special honour at the 35th International Emmy Awards.

British TV productions dominated the awards ceremony, winning seven of the nine categories, with BBC One's "The Street" enjoying a double win for drama series and best actor.

Actor-director Robert De Niro introduced Gore at the Monday night awards gala as this year's recipient of the International Emmy Founders Award for his efforts to promote "our common humanity."

De Niro wryly noted in his introduction that Gore has "devoted his life to public service" and continued to do so "after he was elected president in 2000 and voted out of office by the Supreme Court."

"He has used his prominence as a concerned world leader to wield enormous influence," De Niro said. "When you see an international figure or head of state coming out in support of the fight against global warming look closely, you may see Al Gore behind him, pushing him."

Gore had a special message for the audience of television executives, producers and performers from around the world who gathered in the grand ballroom of the Hilton New York Hotel for the awards ceremony presented by The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

"The climate crisis is by far the most serious challenge human civilization has ever faced," said Gore, who has already won an Oscar for his global warming documentary "An Inconvenient Truth" and will be traveling to Oslo, Norway, next month to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. "We really do now confront a true planetary emergency."

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