The 2007 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on their efforts to disseminate information on climate change and global warming.

Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Al Gore (left) and Rajendra K. Pachauri, Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) with their Nobel Peace Prize Medals and Diplomas at the Award Ceremony in Oslo, Norway, 10 December 2007.
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Photo: Ken Opprann
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The Nobel Committee has listed Al Gore as one who has constantly been showing the people and the government on the need to focus on climate change. Hi efforts have been seen through his books, environment campaigns and film and thus recognized by the panel through this award, which is shared with IPCC.

“The climate crisis is not a political issue, it is a moral and spiritual challenge to all of humanity.” – Al Gore, Nobel Prize Speech