Gore tells U.S., China: Fix climate
Oslo, December 10, 2007 - Al Gore has jointly accepted the Nobel Peace Prize -- and urged the United States and China to sort out their differences or "stand accountable before history for their failure to act".
"We, the human species, are confronting a planetary emergency -- a threat to the survival of our civilization that is gathering ominous and destructive potential even as we gather here," Gore said in his acceptance speech.
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Gore, U.N scientist accept Nobel Peace Prize
Oslo, December 10, 2007 - Al Gore and the U.N. climate panel's chief scientist accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on Monday for sounding the alarm over global warming and spreading awareness on how to counteract it.
Gore shared the coveted award with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate change, which was represented at the awards ceremony in Oslo by its leader, Rajendra Pachauri.
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Gore: U.S. must take climate change seriously
Oslo, December 10, 2007 - Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore said today he believes the next U.S. president will shift the country's course on climate change and engage in global efforts to reduce carbon emissions. "The new president, whichever party wins the election, is likely to have to change the position on this climate crisis," Gore said.
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Nobel host Norway in awkward spot of its own
Oslo, December 9, 2007 - Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore praised Norway on Sunday for being "among the leaders" in the fight to stop climate change. As an oil- and gas-producing nation, however, Norwegian officials are wrestling with high carbon emissions at home, and ongoing criticism that they're not.
www.aftenposten.no: Nobel host Norway in awkward spot of its own
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Gore calls for action
Oslo, December 9, 2007 - Nobel Peace Prize laureates stress immediate action in fighting climate change. Gore also said he favoured a new global treaty and suggested one of the most important aspects of such a treaty would be to put a price on carbon.
www.reuters.com: Gore calls for action (Video)

U.N. climate chief says science clear, move on
Oslo, December 9, 2007 - The science on climate change is indisputable so the world must now act to limit greenhouse gas emissions or face "abrupt and irreversible" change, the head of the Nobel prize-winning U.N. climate panel said on Sunday.
www.reuters.com: U.N. climate chief says science clear, move on

Gore calls for early climate pact
Oslo, December 7, 2007 - Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore urged governments on Friday to advance by two years a new treaty to curb greenhouse gas emissions instead of waiting until the Kyoto pact expires in 2012.
Environmental champion Al Gore has sparked criticism for his near-constant air travel, much of it on private jets. Going to Oslo, he opted for more environmentally friendly modes of transport. On Monday he will receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his environmental activism.
www.reuters.com: Gore calls for early climate pact
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A Green Tipping Point
Washington, October 12 2007 - Some wonder why a peace prize should go to an environmentalist. But the choice is both fitting and important.
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Nobel Peace Prize ups pressure for climate action
Oslo, October 12 2007 - Awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to former Vice President Al Gore and the U.N. climate panel widens a definition of peacemaking and will raise pressure for the world to agree a new deal to combat global warming.
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Al Gore: "Global warming is a planetary emergency"
Gore says prize must spur action
Oslo, October 12 2007 - Al Gore says his Nobel Peace Prize is an "honour" and a chance to "elevate global consciousness" about the threat posed by climate change.
http://news.bbc.co.uk: Gore says prize must spur action

Nobel award puts climate change in spotlight at key moment
Paris / Oslo, October 12 2007 - The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday to climate campaigner Al Gore and the UN's paramount authority on global warming comes at a crucial time.
It amplifies, to deafening pitch, fears that the reckless burning of fossil fuels is driving the Earth's climate system towards breakdown, with the potential for mass hunger, flooding and homelessness, all of them powerful sources of conflict.
And it comes in the runup to a make-or-break meeting in December on how to tackle this peril.
wwww.terradaily.com: Nobel award puts climate change in spotlight at key moment

Gore, IPCC share Nobel Peace Prize

Oslo, October 12 2007 - Former U.S. vice-president Al Gore and the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change have won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for their work towards raising awareness about global warming.
The Nobel committee cited them "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."
The IPCC and Gore will each receive a gold medal, a diploma and split about $1.5 million. The award ceremony will be held Dec. 10 in Oslo, Norway.
"Through the scientific reports it has issued over the past two decades, the IPCC has created an ever-broader informed consensus about the connection between human activities and global warming," Ole Dnbolt Mjoes, chairman of the Nobel committee, said in making the announcement.
Mr Gore, 59, vice president to Bill Clinton and a failed candidate for the White House in 2000, was widely-tipped to win the prize.
"I am deeply honoured to receive the Nobel peace prize," he said in a statement.
Al Gore said he will donate the proceeds to the Alliance for Climate Protection, a non-profit organisation "devoted to changing public opinion in the US and around the world about the urgency of solving the climate crisis".
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The Nobel Peace Prize for 2007

Oslo, October 12 2007 - (from The Nobel Committee) -

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 is to be shared, in two equal parts, between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. 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.

Indications of changes in the earth's future climate must be treated with the utmost seriousness, and with the precautionary principle uppermost in our minds. Extensive climate changes may alter and threaten the living conditions of much of mankind. They may induce large-scale migration and lead to greater competition for the earth's resources. Such changes will place particularly heavy burdens on the world's most vulnerable countries. There may be increased danger of violent conflicts and wars, within and between states.

Through the scientific reports it has issued over the past two decades, the IPCC has created an ever-broader informed consensus about the connection between human activities and global warming. Thousands of scientists and officials from over one hundred countries have collaborated to achieve greater certainty as to the scale of the warming. Whereas in the 1980s global warming seemed to be merely an interesting hypothesis, the 1990s produced firmer evidence in its support. In the last few years, the connections have become even clearer and the consequences still more apparent.

Al Gore has for a long time been one of the world's leading environmentalist politicians. He became aware at an early stage of the climatic challenges the world is facing. His strong commitment, reflected in political activity, lectures, films and books, has strengthened the struggle against climate change. He is probably the single individual who has done most to create greater worldwide understanding of the measures that need to be adopted.

By awarding the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 to the IPCC and Al Gore, the Norwegian Nobel Committee is seeking to contribute to a sharper focus on the processes and decisions that appear to be 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.

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