Remember : Al Gore - premiul Nobel pentru Pace - conștientizarea schimbărilor climatice

Fost vicepreședinte american și candidat la președinția SUA, Al Gore s-a remarcat prin discursul său ecologist, fiind unul dintre cei mai importanți promotori ai mesajului privind schimbările climatice. Mesajul său l-a împiedicat să devină titular la Casa Albă. Alegerile au fost câștigate, cu doar câteva mii de voturi în plus, de către George W Bush jr. 

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Fostul vicepresedinte american Al Gore si Comisia interguvernamentala a Natiunilor Unite pentru schimbari climatice au castigat Premiul Nobel pentru Pace pe anul 2007, a anuntat Comitetul Nobel norvegian.

Conform comunicatului prezentat la Oslo, Gore si expertii ONU au fost recompensati pentru eforturile lor de popularizare a informatiilor privind schimbarile climatice.

Presedintele Comitetului Nobel norvegian, Ole Danbolt Mjoes, a afirmat ca laureatii din acest an sunt rasplatiti pentru "eforturile de colectare si difuzare a informatiilor cu privire la schimbarile climaterice provocate de om si pentru punerea bazelor in vederea adoptarii masurilor necesare luptei impotriva schimbarilor climatice".

La ceremonia care va avea loc pe 10 decembrie, castigatorii Premiului Nobel pentru Pace vor primi fiecare o diploma, o medalie de aur si jumatate din cecul in valoare de zece milioane de coroane suedeze (1,08 milioane de euro).

Fostul vicepresedinte american Al Gore si Comisia interguvernamentala a Natiunilor Unite pentru schimbari climatice au castigat Premiul Nobel pentru Pace pe anul 2007, a anuntat Comitetul Nobel norvegian.

Conform comunicatului prezentat la Oslo, Gore si expertii ONU au fost recompensati pentru eforturile lor de popularizare a informatiilor privind schimbarile climatice.

Presedintele Comitetului Nobel norvegian, Ole Danbolt Mjoes, a afirmat ca laureatii din acest an sunt rasplatiti pentru "eforturile de colectare si difuzare a informatiilor cu privire la schimbarile climaterice provocate de om si pentru punerea bazelor in vederea adoptarii masurilor necesare luptei impotriva schimbarilor climatice".

La ceremonia care va avea loc pe 10 decembrie, castigatorii Premiului Nobel pentru Pace vor primi fiecare o diploma, o medalie de aur si jumatate din cecul in valoare de zece milioane de coroane suedeze (1,08 milioane de euro).

Fost vicepresedinte al Statelor Unite in timpul mandatului lui Bill Clinton, democratul Al Gore a candidat la alegerile pentru Casa Alba in anul 2000, insa a pierdut in fata lui George W. Bush. Casa Alba a afirmat vineri, prin vocea purtatorului de cuvant Tony Fratto, ca este "fericita" ca Premiul Nobel a fost acordat lui Gore si expertilor ONU.

Gore este autorul documentarului "Un adevar incomod" prin care trage un semnal de alarma cu privire la incalzirea planetei, filmul fiind recompensat cu numeroase premii. El s-a declarat "onorat" de primirea distinctiei oferite de Comitetul Nobel.

Comisia interguvernamentala a ONU privind schimbarile climatice a fost infiintata in 1988 si cuprinde peste 2500 de experti din zeci de tari. Seful sau este Rajendra Pachauri. Rapoartele Comisiei sunt considerate printre cele mai competente in ceea ce privesc problemele de mediu, schimbarile climatice sau transformarile operate de om asupra mediului.

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

English version via msnbc

OSLO, Norway - Al Gore and the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize Friday, and the former vice president used the attention to warn that global warming is "the greatest challenge we've ever faced."

World leaders, President Bush among them, congratulated the winners, while skeptics of man's contribution to warming criticized the choice of Gore.

Gore in a statement said he was " deeply honored ... We face a true planetary emergency. The climate crisis is not a political issue, it is a moral and spiritual challenge to all of humanity."

"It is the most dangerous challenge we've ever faced, but it is also the greatest opportunity we have had to make changes," he later said at a brief news conference in Palo Alto, Calif.

Gore did not take any questions. As he walked away a reporter asked if he would run for president, but Gore did not respond.

Gore’s film "An Inconvenient Truth," a documentary on global warming, won an Academy Award this year. He had been widely expected to win the peace prize.

"His strong commitment, reflected in political activity, lectures, films and books, has strengthened the struggle against climate change," the Nobel citation said. "He is probably the single individual who has done most to create greater worldwide understanding of the measures that need to be adopted."

It cited Gore's awareness at an early stage "of the climatic challenges the world is facing."

Panel's two decades
The Nobel Peace Prize committee also cited the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for two decades of scientific reports that have "created an ever-broader informed consensus about the connection between human activities and global warming."

The IPCC groups 2,500 researchers from more than 130 nations and issued reports this year blaming human activities for climate changes ranging from more heat waves to floods. It was set up in 1988 by the United Nations to help guide governments.

Climate change has moved high on the international agenda this year. The U.N. climate panel has been releasing 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, there is growing concern about the melting Arctic.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee said global warming "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."

Gore said he would donate his share of the $1.5 million that accompanies the prize to the non-profit Alliance for Climate Protection.

Ole Danbolt Mjoes, chairman of the prize committee, said the award should not be seen as singling out the Bush administration for criticism.

"A peace prize is never a criticism of anything," he said. "A peace prize is a positive message and support to all those champions of peace in the world."

President Bush abandoned the Kyoto Protocol because he said it would harm the U.S. economy and because it did not require immediate cuts by countries like China and India. The treaty aimed to put the biggest burden on the richest nations that contributed the most carbon emissions.

The U.S. Senate voted against mandatory carbon reductions before the Kyoto negotiations were completed. The treaty was never presented to the Senate for ratification by the Clinton administration.

“Al Gore has fought the environment battle even as vice president,” Mjoes said. “Many did not listen ... but he carried on.”

The White House said the prize was not seen as increasing pressure on the administration or showing that President Bush’s approach missed the mark.

“Of course he’s happy for Vice President Gore,” White House spokesman Tony Fratto said. “He’s happy for the international panel on climate change scientists who also shared the peace prize. Obviously it’s an important recognition.”

Fratto said Bush has no plans to call Gore.