Al Gore and IPCC awarded Nobel Peace Prize
He may not have made president, but Al Gore has just been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize along with the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The award comes in recognition of Gore's 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".
Gore is said to be delighted and deeply honoured at hearing the news. Earlier today he told reporters: "This award is even more meaningful because I have the honour of sharing it with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change -- the world's preeminent scientific body devoted to improving our understanding of the climate crisis -- a group whose members have worked tirelessly and selflessly for many years." He added that he would donate half of the $1.5m prize money to the Alliance for Climate Protection.
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