Voices from Nobel Week

By awarding the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 to the IPCC and Al Gore, the Norwegian Nobel Committee 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.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee


Coming as I do from India, a land which gave birth to civilization in ancient times and where much of the earlier tradition and wisdom guides actions even in modern times, the philosophy of "Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam", which means the whole universe is one family, must dominate global efforts to protect the global commons.

R K Pachauri
Chairman

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
The Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2007
(Oslo, December 10, 2007)


We are what is wrong, and we must make it right."
In every land, the truth - once known - has the power to set us free.
Truth also has the power to unite us and bridge the distance between "me" and "we," creating the basis for common effort and shared responsibility.
There is an African proverb that says, "If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together." We need to go far, quickly.

Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr.
Former Vice President of the United States
The Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2007
(Oslo, December 10, 2007)

PS: The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma's Democratic Leader, in 1991 for her non-violent struggle for democracy and human rights.

Source: http://nobelprize.org/
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