Customize Consent Preferences

We use cookies to help you navigate efficiently and perform certain functions. You will find detailed information about all cookies under each consent category below.

The cookies that are categorized as "Necessary" are stored on your browser as they are essential for enabling the basic functionalities of the site. ... 

Always Active

Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site, such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.

No cookies to display.

Functional cookies help perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collecting feedback, and other third-party features.

No cookies to display.

Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.

No cookies to display.

Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.

No cookies to display.

Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with customized advertisements based on the pages you visited previously and to analyze the effectiveness of the ad campaigns.

No cookies to display.

Banner Left
Banner Right

Gore, UN climate panel win Nobel

Gore, UN climate panel win Nobel

OSLO – Former US Vice President Al Gore and the UN climate panel won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for helping galvanise international action against global warming before it ‘moves beyond man’s control’.

Political opponents saw the award as a snub to President George W Bush who has doubted the science of global warming and rejected caps on emissions of gases believed to cause it, but the White House said it was happy for the winners and praised their work. Gore, who lost narrowly to Bush in the 2000 presidential election and who some hope will run again in 2008, shared the $1,5 million prize with the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).The former Democratic senator, speaking in California, called global warming ‘the most dangerous challenge we’ve ever faced’ but declined to address whether he might enter the presidential race.He has said he has no plans to do so.The committee awarded the prize from a near record field of 181 candidates for their efforts to draw attention to mankind’s impact on the climate and measures needed to address it.”Action is necessary now, before climate change moves beyond man’s control,” the committee said.It warned that climate change – linked to droughts, floods and rising seas – could threaten living conditions across the world, prompt mass migrations and increase the risk of wars.”We wish to put world climate on the agenda in connection with peace,” committee chairman Ole Danbolt Mjoes said.Since leaving office in 2001, Gore has lectured extensively on the threat of global warming and last year starred in his own Oscar-winning documentary film ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ to warn of the dangers and urge action against it.”He is probably the single individual who has done most to create greater worldwide understanding of the measures that need to be adopted,” the Nobel committee said.”The IPCC has created an ever-broader informed consensus about the connection between human activities and global warming.”The committee said the case for action to stop global warming has been made convincingly by science.Congratulations poured in from world leaders, including UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.Nampa-ReutersGore, who lost narrowly to Bush in the 2000 presidential election and who some hope will run again in 2008, shared the $1,5 million prize with the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).The former Democratic senator, speaking in California, called global warming ‘the most dangerous challenge we’ve ever faced’ but declined to address whether he might enter the presidential race.He has said he has no plans to do so.The committee awarded the prize from a near record field of 181 candidates for their efforts to draw attention to mankind’s impact on the climate and measures needed to address it.”Action is necessary now, before climate change moves beyond man’s control,” the committee said.It warned that climate change – linked to droughts, floods and rising seas – could threaten living conditions across the world, prompt mass migrations and increase the risk of wars.”We wish to put world climate on the agenda in connection with peace,” committee chairman Ole Danbolt Mjoes said.Since leaving office in 2001, Gore has lectured extensively on the threat of global warming and last year starred in his own Oscar-winning documentary film ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ to warn of the dangers and urge action against it.”He is probably the single individual who has done most to create greater worldwide understanding of the measures that need to be adopted,” the Nobel committee said.”The IPCC has created an ever-broader informed consensus about the connection between human activities and global warming.”The committee said the case for action to stop global warming has been made convincingly by science.Congratulations poured in from world leaders, including UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.Nampa-Reuters

Stay informed with The Namibian – your source for credible journalism. Get in-depth reporting and opinions for only N$85 a month. Invest in journalism, invest in democracy –
Subscribe Now!

Latest News