Leadership in Action: Case Study—Breaking Down Boundaries in the Climate Change Debate

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Gerzon says the retreat was successful in that there were real-time outcomes and long-term outcomes. Gore indicated that the industry wing had sensitized him to the legitimate concerns of conservatives regarding the way he had been talking about climate change. Climate change could be fought while still honoring the needs of businesses, he said, and in the future he would be clear on the role of the private sector. As for the industry wing, its members came to concede that climate change might be real, but remained concerned that Gore and his supporters were exploiting it for political purposes. So in the short term there was a degree of immediate understanding. In the long term the retreat proved productive in that a number of follow-up ...