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Al Gore, Climate Panel Share Nobel Prize
Clear Message
"The Nobel Peace Prize Committee has today made it clear that combating climate change is a central peace and security policy for the 21st century," Achim Steiner, head of the United Nations Environment Programme, said in a statement.
"The IPCC and Mr. Gore have contributed to the unprecedented momentum on the climate-change challenge in 2007," Steiner added.
"We hope that politicians everywhere will see this signal and take heed," he added.
Al Gore, writing on his Web site, said he felt "deeply honored" to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
"We face a true planetary emergency," he said. "The climate crisis is not a political issue?it is a moral and spiritual challenge to all of humanity."
Gore announced he would donate his half of the prize money to the Alliance for Climate Protection, a nonprofit group devoted to convincing the public of the urgent need for measures to counter global warming.
"The Nobel Peace Prize Committee has today made it clear that combating climate change is a central peace and security policy for the 21st century," Achim Steiner, head of the United Nations Environment Programme, said in a statement.
"The IPCC and Mr. Gore have contributed to the unprecedented momentum on the climate-change challenge in 2007," Steiner added.
"We hope that politicians everywhere will see this signal and take heed," he added.
Al Gore, writing on his Web site, said he felt "deeply honored" to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
"We face a true planetary emergency," he said. "The climate crisis is not a political issue?it is a moral and spiritual challenge to all of humanity."
Gore announced he would donate his half of the prize money to the Alliance for Climate Protection, a nonprofit group devoted to convincing the public of the urgent need for measures to counter global warming.
Congrats to Gore and the (IPCC). Like i mentioned before, Gore is much more suited to climate control issues than politics; this is where he truly shines, imo.. *so hope he stays around for a long while, we have enough politicians..lol
"We face a true planetary emergency," he said. "The climate crisis is not a political issue?it is a moral and spiritual challenge to all of humanity."
..couldn't agree more.
"We face a true planetary emergency," he said. "The climate crisis is not a political issue?it is a moral and spiritual challenge to all of humanity."
..couldn't agree more.
If U look at the news items published after this thing came out, then U will find that some of the conservative supporters have been denigrating the prize itself. Gore and Bush still divide the Americans. But I do have a feeling that Gore might be rightly accused of being extreme and perhaps political in his views on environment. Just may be...
"it is a moral and spiritual challenge to all of humanity." ..Gore
Interesting point, Gaurav ..i would hope he's most sincere with his enviro views. I guess deep down, only he would know. At the very least; he may very well be less informed vrs. what the scientists may know. Yet even with aledged extremity or drama, he's bringing much more environmental awareness to the fore. Maybe in some ways, it's better to be too extreme, than too indifferent. 'To error on the side of caution.' And knowing how slow the system can work, maybe something good can come out of it, afterall. I still think it's the scientists themselves who basically empower the environmental evidence in the end, anyway. I remember people were skeptical too, of Leo Decaprio. I think as long as there are people on the Earth, there will be the skeptics and naysayers..*maybe there is no 'perfect' person ..to be spokesperson/leader .. 'but then again, these same people are also trying harder than most, and hopefully inspiring others to take a harder look.. =)
Interesting point, Gaurav ..i would hope he's most sincere with his enviro views. I guess deep down, only he would know. At the very least; he may very well be less informed vrs. what the scientists may know. Yet even with aledged extremity or drama, he's bringing much more environmental awareness to the fore. Maybe in some ways, it's better to be too extreme, than too indifferent. 'To error on the side of caution.' And knowing how slow the system can work, maybe something good can come out of it, afterall. I still think it's the scientists themselves who basically empower the environmental evidence in the end, anyway. I remember people were skeptical too, of Leo Decaprio. I think as long as there are people on the Earth, there will be the skeptics and naysayers..*maybe there is no 'perfect' person ..to be spokesperson/leader .. 'but then again, these same people are also trying harder than most, and hopefully inspiring others to take a harder look.. =)
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October 12, 2007
Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) today won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to publicize and understand human-caused global warming.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee this morning announced that the former U.S. vice president and the United Nations' climate panel will equally share the prestigious award for "their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change."
Gore and the IPCC were chosen from a list of 181 candidates to split the prize, worth 10 million Swedish kronors (about 1.5 million U.S. dollars).
The award committee, based in Oslo, Norway, said their decision was intended to bring into sharper focus the actions "necessary to protect the world's future climate and thereby to reduce the threat to the security of mankind.
"Action is necessary now, before climate change moves beyond man's control," the committee added.
Environmental Campaign
Gore has been a leading voice among environmental campaigners who warn that Earth is under severe threat from climate change caused by rising levels of greenhouse gases produced by the burning of fossil fuels and other human activity.
Since leaving office in 2001, the former vice president has lectured around the world about the perils of global warming. Last year he also presented an Oscar-winning documentary on the subject, An Inconvenient Truth.
Gore "is probably the single individual who has done the most to create greater worldwide understanding of the measures that need to be adopted" to tackle global warming, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said.
The IPCC, based in Geneva, Switzerland, pools the research of 2,500 scientists in more than 130 countries who study the causes and impacts of climate change.
Earlier this year, the IPCC concluded that global warming is "unequivocal" and that human activity is almost certainly the cause.
The U.N. panel also warned that global warming could claim hundreds of millions of human lives due to increased risk of disease, starvation, and conflict triggered by drought, floods, storms, and other severe climate effects.