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    Al Gore releases children's Book on climate change

    New Delhi: Nobel Laureate and former US Vice-President Mr Al Gore on Saturday released two books -- Know Climate Change and 101 Q and A on Climate Change from 'Save Planet Earth Series' -- a six-book series jointly published by TERI Press and the JSW Foundation, at the India Habitat Centre here.

    Also present were Dr R K Pachauri, Director-General, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), and Chairman, IPCC, along with Ms Sangita Jindal, Chairperson, JSW Foundation, who has been instrumental in the publishing of 'Save Planet Earth Series' books.

    "It is Important that children understand the influence of human actions on the Earth's climate and the measures that can be taken to Control it. It is with this in view that the 'Save Planet Earth' Series is being published," said R.K. Pachauri, Director-General of TERI.

    Terrapin, the children's imprint of TERI Press has published these books with the support of JSW Foundation. Lucid and age-appropriate, the text of each book is reviewed by a TERI expert in the field of environment. The theme of all these books is woven around TERI's mandate of energy, environment, and sustainable development.

    Apart from Know Climate Change and 101 Q and A on Climate Change, the other titles in the series are - The Three Rs-Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle, a guide on how to reduce, reuse, and recycle at school and at home; Conservation: How to Save a Planet - an exciting book on what can children do at home and school to conserve nature and natural resources; then would follow Clean Solutions for a Green Earth - an entertaining book that teaches children cool ways to stop global warming; and lastly, SOS for Earth - a title that reveals the most critically endangered plants and animals in the world, as well as places and cultures in danger due to climate change.


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