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The film follows the efforts made to tackle climate change and Al Gore's attempts to persuade governmental leaders to invest in renewable energy, culminating in the signing of the [[Paris Agreement]] in 2016, as well as attempting to de-bunk the de-bunkers of Gore, his film and global warming in general.

When asked during a Reddit "Ask Me Anything" in 2013 whether there were plans for a follow-up film, ''An Inconvenient Truth'' director [[Davis Guggenheim]] said, "I think about it a lot – I think we need one right now."<ref name="RedditAMA">{{cite web| title=I am director and producer Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth, Waiting >for Superman, TEACH). AMA!| url=https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1oizpa/i_am_director_and_producer_davis_guggenheim_an/ccsee67| date=October 15, 2013 | publisher=[[Reddit]]| access-date=May 16, 2017 |first=Davis |last=Guggenheim}}</ref> In 2014, ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' reported that the producers of the first film were in talks over a possible sequel.<ref name="sequel">{{cite news |last=Daunt |first=Tina |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/an-inconvenient-truth-producers-talking-692705 |title=An Inconvenient Truth' Producers Talking Sequel (Exclusive) |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=April 4, 2014 |access-date=May 16, 2017 |publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]]}}</ref> "We have had conversations," co-producer Lawrence Bender said. "We've met; we've discussed. If we are going to make a movie, we want it to have an impact."<ref name="sequel"/> Co-producer Laurie David also believed a sequel was needed. "God, do we need one," David said. "Everything in that movie has come to pass. At the time we did the movie, there was [[Hurricane Katrina]]; now we have [[extreme weather]] events every other week. The update has to be incredible and shocking."<ref name="sequel"/>

In June 2017, the filmmakers told [[TheWrap]] that following [[President of the United States|President]] [[Donald Trump]]'s [[United States withdrawal from the Paris Agreement|withdrawal from the Paris Agreement]], they would re-edit the film to expand Trump's role as antagonist, before its release.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thewrap.com/al-gores-inconvenient-sequel-final-cut-feature-trump-climate-accord-exit/ |title=Al Gore's 'Inconvenient Sequel' Final Cut to Feature Trump Climate Accord Exit |work=[[TheWrap]] |date=June 1, 2017 |access-date=June 4, 2017 |first=Matt |last=Donnelly }}</ref>

==Release==

On [[Review aggregator|review aggregation]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has an approval rating of 80%, based on 159 reviews, with an average rating of 6.5/10. The website's critical consensus reads: "''An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power'' makes a plea for environmental responsibility that adds a persuasive – albeit arguably less effective – coda to its acclaimed predecessor."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/an_inconvenient_sequel_truth_to_power/ |title=An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (2017) |publisher=[[Fandango (company)|Fandango]] |work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=July 11, 2018}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], which assigns a normalized rating to reviews, the film has a score of 68 out of 100, based on 36 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.metacritic.com/movie/an-inconvenient-sequel-truth-to-power |title=An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power Reviews |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |work=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=August 27, 2017}}</ref>

Conversely, conservative magazine ''[[National Review]]''{{'}}s film critic [[Kyle Smith (critic)|Kyle Smith]] called the film misleading, saying that it gave the false impression that recent storm activity (such as 2012's [[Hurricane Sandy]]) was more frequent than usual, falsely gave credit to both Gore and the company [[SolarCity]] for convincing India to sign the Paris Agreement, exaggerated the importance of the Paris Agreement, and neglected to mention Gore's financial ties to SolarCity.<ref>{{cite web |title=An Incoherent Sequel |url= https://www.nationalreview.com/2017/07/al-gore-inconvenient-sequel-self-serving/ |first=Kyle |last=Smith |date=July 27, 2017 |work=[[National Review]] |access-date= July 11, 2018}}</ref> Writing for [[RogerEbert.com]], Nick Allen also gave the film a negative review, specifying: "The documentary follow-up proves to be less about global warming than propping up a hero awkwardly desperate to captivate audiences again like he did eleven years ago. It's like the ''[[Zoolander 2]]'' of global warming documentaries."<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.rogerebert.com/sundance/sundance-2017-an-inconvenient-sequel-truth-to-power |title=Sundance 2017: "An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power" |date=January 27, 2017 |publisher=Ebert Digital LLC |work=RogerEbert.com |access-date=July 18, 2017 |first=Nick |last=Allen}}</ref>

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