Al Gore to preach his message in the Canaries. Climate change man of the moment, former US vice-president Al Gore, has announced he will be heading up a three day climate change summit in Fuerteventura in September.

The venue for the world congress of leaders in climate change was settled on following a proposal put to him by the regional environment minister, Domingo Berriel. Mr Gore will host the meeting to which 200 high profile world leaders of opinion in different fields, such as politics, the economy and culture will be invited. They will hear about the latest data affecting climate change, learn more about the principles of the phenomenon and be supplied with the information tools to communicate the message – also contained in his Oscar-winning documentary, An Inconvenient Truth – back in their own countries.

Sr Berriel could hardly contain his elation at the news that Mr Gore had accepted his idea. “The choice of the Canaries for this major event is another example of the importance the islands are gaining in the world congress stakes, and in the field of spreading scientific knowledge, particularly environmental knowledge,” he said. “Fuerteventura, which has one of the highest factors of erosion risk in the EU, will serve as an eloquent and dramatic backdrop to the event.”