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Al Gore wins the Nobel Peace Prize, a remarkable achievement by a man who has been vilified by the right wing. America should be proud to call Al Gore one of their own.
Press Association
Friday October 12, 2007
Former US vice president Al Gore has shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
The judges recognized their efforts to compile and spread knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures to fight it.
Gore, who won an Academy Award earlier this year, had been widely tipped to win the prize.
"His strong commitment, reflected in political activity, lectures, films and books, has strengthened the struggle against climate change," the citation from the panel in Norway said.
"He is probably the single individual who has done most to create greater worldwide understanding of the measures that need to be adopted."
Climate change has been at the top of the world agenda this year. The UN climate panel has been releasing its reports; talks on a replacement for the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on climate are set to resume; and on Europe's northern fringe, where the awards committee works, concern about the melting Arctic has been underscored by this being International Polar Year.
In recent years, the Norwegian committee has broadened its interpretation of peacemaking and disarmament efforts outlined by Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel in creating the prize with his 1895 will.
The prize now often also recognizes human rights, democracy, elimination of poverty, sharing resources and the environment.
Press Association
Friday October 12, 2007
Former US vice president Al Gore has shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
The judges recognized their efforts to compile and spread knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures to fight it.
Gore, who won an Academy Award earlier this year, had been widely tipped to win the prize.
"His strong commitment, reflected in political activity, lectures, films and books, has strengthened the struggle against climate change," the citation from the panel in Norway said.
"He is probably the single individual who has done most to create greater worldwide understanding of the measures that need to be adopted."
Climate change has been at the top of the world agenda this year. The UN climate panel has been releasing its reports; talks on a replacement for the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on climate are set to resume; and on Europe's northern fringe, where the awards committee works, concern about the melting Arctic has been underscored by this being International Polar Year.
In recent years, the Norwegian committee has broadened its interpretation of peacemaking and disarmament efforts outlined by Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel in creating the prize with his 1895 will.
The prize now often also recognizes human rights, democracy, elimination of poverty, sharing resources and the environment.