The sun heats the earth differently according to solar flare activity. This year, I have read, has been the quietest year in a hundred, with regards to solar activity.
Al Gore is a flake and is using climate change as a way to get rich with carbon trading. His wealth has doubled since that lying movie of his was produced.
This is also the Al Gore that in the 70's determined that we were in for a new ice age if we did not prevent pollution- blah blah blah
Carbon dioxide accounts for 4% of atmospheric temp control and water vapour accounts for 95%.
Trouble for the environmentalists is that they can't blame human activity for water vapour.
By the way, without carbon dioxide life could not exist on earth.