Cannes Lions Will Honor Al Gore for His Work on Climate Change

Making a 'positive difference' to the planet

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President Bill Clinton may have spoken at Cannes, but it's Al Gore who will receive one of the festival's top honors.

Gore, Clinton's vice president from 1993 through 2001 and an outspoken critic of global warming, will receive a Cannes LionHeart, an award that the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity introduced last year to honor someone who "through innovative use of commercial brand power has made a significant and positive difference to people or the planet."

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