Nobel Peace Prize 2007 for Climate Change and Bangladesh

Dr Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Laureate of Peace 2006 congratulated Al Gore on his winning the Nobel peace prize and the Nobel committee for recognizing the former US vice president's work.

Al Gore has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 2007 for his 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. He had to share the prize with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change(IPCC), an UN body based in Geneva, Switzerland.
The declaration also stated, “Indications of changes in the earth's future climate must be treated with the utmost seriousness, and with the precautionary principle uppermost in our minds. Extensive climate changes may alter and threaten the living conditions of much of mankind. They 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”.
It aslo added, “ Through the scientific reports it has issued over the past two decades, the IPCC has created an ever-broader informed consensus about the connection between human activities and global warming. Thousands of scientists and officials from over one hundred countries have collaborated to achieve greater certainty as to the scale of the warming. Whereas in the 1980s global warming seemed to be merely an interesting hypothesis, the 1990s produced firmer evidence in its support. In the last few years, the connections have become even clearer and the consequences still more apparent”.

Recognizing the contribution of Al Gore, it said that he has been for a long time been one of the world's leading environmentalist politicians. He became aware at an early stage of the climatic challenges the world is facing. His strong commitment, reflected in political activity, lectures, films and books, has strengthened the struggle against climate change. 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 also asserted that by awarding the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 to the IPCC and Al Gore, it is seeking to contribute to a sharper focus on the processes and decisions that appear to be necessary to protect the world’s future climate, and thereby to reduce the threat to the security of mankind. Action is necessary now, before climate change moves beyond man’s control.
Dr. Yunus said that Bangladesh is one of the countries which are going to be the worst sufferer for climate change and global warming. As a result of this, 20 percent area of Bangladesh may go under water and millions of people will face disaster," he said, lauding Al Gore's work to create worldwide awareness about climate change, terming it 'timely' and 'humane.'


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