Royal Society Comments on 2007 Nobel Peace Prize Award. (October 15,
2007)|
News & Views item - October 2007 |
Royal Society Comments on 2007 Nobel Peace Prize Award. (October 15,
2007)
The Norwegian Nobel Institute on October 12 announced, "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" awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace to Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr."
The same day the Royal Society released this statement:
Royal Society comment on Nobel Peace Prize12 Oct 2007 Commenting on the award of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Al Gore for their work on climate change, Professor Martin Taylor, Vice President of the Royal Society, said: "Climate change is one of the most significant issues of our times and one which has major implications for global security as well as our personal health, wealth and well being. There is already evidence that climate change is having an impact on access to adequate food and clean water in some areas of the world, potentially increasing the risk of conflict between peoples and nations. It is therefore fitting that this year's peace prize has highlighted the considerable efforts of the IPCC and Al Gore to communicate these issues and, in so doing, encourage efforts to avoid the worst effects of climate change." |
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