Al Gore “honored” as recipient of Nobel Peace Prize

aryayush · 13-10-2007, 12:53 PM

Al Gore “honored” as recipient of Nobel Peace Prize
The BBC News indicates that Al Gore feels “honored” at being awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, seeing it as a “chance ‘to elevate global consciousness’ about the threat posed by climate change.” The BBC reports that “the former vice-president has emerged as a leading climate campaigner. His 2006 documentary film, ‘An Inconvenient Truth,’ was an unlikely box-office hit and won two Oscars.” [Oct 12, 2007]

Al Gore wins the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize
“Former Vice President Al Gore and the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for their work to raise awareness about global warming,” CNN reported this morning. Gore, who won an Oscar for “Inconvenient Truth,” also sits on the Board of Directors for Apple, Inc. [Oct 12, 2007]

Gore and U.N. Panel Win Peace Prize for Climate Work
Citing Al Gore as “ ‘probably the single individual who has done most to create greater worldwide understanding of the measures that need to be adopted’ ” to combat global warming, the Nobel committee awarded the former Vice President the Nobel Peace Prize alongwith the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. As reported by Alan Zarembo and Maggie Farley (Los Angeles Times), the committee noted how Gore’s ” ’strong commitment, reflected in political activity, lectures, films and books, has strengthened the struggle against climate change.’ “ [Oct 12, 2007]

Gore and U.N. Panel Win Peace Prize
Praising “their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change,” the Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to Al Gore and the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, reports Walter Gibbs and Sarah Lyall (New York Times). [Oct 12, 2007]

iMav · 13-10-2007, 01:01 PM

a small moment of shame of india in this .... all say al gore won the prize while an indian who heads the un committee on the issue doesnt get noticed ....

PS: aayush i expected u wud mention him

**Apollo** · 13-10-2007, 01:25 PM

For the record, the Head of IPCC is Rajendra Pauchari. Where IPCC, as a global agency, has been instrumental in taking care of the scientific aspects of climate change, Gore has used his political standing to dive headlong into his quest for spreading climate awareness among the masses, especially in the US and other major polluter states around the world.

entrana · 13-10-2007, 01:26 PM

who is al gore?

infra_red_dude · 13-10-2007, 01:28 PM

I agree. Its time the world gave us the recognition we deserve. And the first step starts from our own land. Pachauri is nowhere to be mentioned.

Jus to a search on Noble Peace Prize 2007 and see the results!

Btw, I also read that Al Gore's write up was flawed. A London based judge has found 8 important points or so which are absurd!

**Apollo** · 13-10-2007, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by entrana

who is al gore?

Al Gore is the former vice president of the United States, from the Clinton administration. He 'lost' out to Bush in the US presidency race in 2001.

[xubz] · 13-10-2007, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by entrana

who is al gore?

You don't visit Digg/Slashdot do you?

He's US Ex-Vice-Prez, He competed with Bush in 2000 Elections and lost.

Better see his Wiki Page

Edit: Apollo beat me to it..

aryayush · 13-10-2007, 02:10 PM

Albert Gore Jr.
Former Vice President of the United States

Former Vice President Al Gore has served as a Senior Advisor to Google, Inc. and Vice Chairman of Metropolitan West Financial LLC since 2001.

Mr. Gore was inaugurated as the 45th Vice President of the United States on January 20, 1993. He was re-elected in 1996 and served for a total of eight years as President of the Senate, a member of the cabinet and the National Security Council, and as the leader of a wide range of Administration initiatives, including in the areas of environmental policy, technology, science, communications, community empowerment and government cost cutting.

Mr. Gore’s career in public service began when he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1976 where he served eight years representing the then 4th District of Tennessee. He was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1984 and re-elected in 1990.

As a member of the U.S. Congress 25 years ago, he popularized the term “Information Superhighway,” and was instrumental in fighting for federal funds to assist in building what later became the Internet. In the Senate, Gore was a leading expert on nuclear arms control and national defense. He was a member of the Armed Services Committee and Chairman of the Space, Science and Technology Subcommittee. He has remained an active leader in technology and telecommunications — launching a public/private effort to wire every classroom and library in America to the Internet.

Gore is a visiting professor at the University of California Los Angeles, Fisk University and Middle Tennessee State University.

Al Gore was born on March 31, 1948, the son of former U.S. Senator Albert Gore, Sr. and Pauline Gore. Raised in Carthage, Tennessee, and Washington, D.C., he received a degree in government with honors from Harvard University in 1969. After graduation, he volunteered for enlistment in the U.S. Army and served in the Vietnam War. Upon returning from Vietnam, Al Gore became an investigative reporter with the Tennessean in Nashville, where he also attended Vanderbilt University’s Divinity School and then Law School.

[Via Apple]

infra_red_dude · 13-10-2007, 02:51 PM

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India takes pride in Nobel Peace Prize

Rajendra Pachauri celebrates the announcement of the Nobel Peace Prize, outside his office in New Delhi (Reuters Photo)

NEW DELHI: Indian scientist Rajendra Pachauri, who chairs the UN panel on climate change that shared the Nobel Peace Prize with former US Vice President Al Gore, said on Friday he was overwhelmed by the award.

"I can't believe it, overwhelmed, stunned," Pachauri told reporters and co-workers after receiving the news by telephone at his office in New Delhi. "I feel privileged sharing it with someone as distinguished as him," he added.

The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) this year made the strongest ever link between mankind's activities and global warming -- gaining widespread publicity around the world. "I expect this will bring the subject to the fore," he said. "I'm only a symbol of a much larger organisation, the IPCC, and it's really the scientific community that contributed to the work of the IPCC. They're the real winners of this award."

Asked what he would do now, he said he was going to "have a good sleep", having been travelling extensively.

Source: Times of India

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A High Court judge in London yesterday ruled that Al Gore's film contains scientific errors and that students must view it with guidance notes to prevent political indoctrination. The film has nine main errors with some arising in the context of ``alarmism and exaggeration,'' Judge Michael Burton ruled.

Source: Yahoo! News