2007 Nobel Peace Prize

2007 Nobel Peace Prize
2007 Nobel Peace Prize
Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
	Gore (pictured) and IPCC "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."
Date	12 October 2007 (announcement by Ole Danbolt Mjøs); 10 December 2007 ; (ceremony);
Location	Oslo, Norway
Presented by	Norwegian Nobel Committee
Reward(s)	10 million SEK ($1.5M)
First awarded	1901
Website	Official website

The 2007 Nobel Peace Prize was shared, in two equal parts, between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (founded in 1988) and United States former vice president, Al Gore (b. 1948) "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".^[1]

^ "The Nobel Peace Prize for 2007". Oslo: The Norwegian Nobel Committee. 12 October 2007. Archived from the original on 2010-11-28. Retrieved 15 October 2010.

[announce2007-1] "The Nobel Peace Prize for 2007". Oslo: The Norwegian Nobel Committee. 12 October 2007. Archived from the original on 2010-11-28. Retrieved 15 October 2010.

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