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AL gore March 31, 1948 : Albert Arnold Gore is born in Washington, D.C. 1969 : Works for the Army Press
Service in Vietnam. 1976 : Enters politics after completing studies at Harvard.
1984 : Elected a senator of Tennessee. 1988 : Enters the race for president but bows out
during the primaries. 1992 : Begins serving as vice-president under Bill Clinton.
2007 : Named as joint winner of the Nobel Peace Prize with the Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change.
sustainaBle DevelopMent
aWaKening Our COnSCIEnCES
Despite a failed venture to secure the presidency, the
former candidate has everything to be happy about
after being awarded the prize, which symbolises his
commitment to improving the environment. It is a
well-deserved reward for this fighter, who has been agitating
for respect of the planet since the publication of his
book, An Inconvenient Truth. David Guggenheim’s documentary
film version of the book received two Oscars in
2007, making it known throughout the world. “We may
be able to stop this crisis, or at least avoid its most devastating
consequences, if we act quickly, with boldness
and determination,” explained Gore in his Nobel Prize
acceptance speech. In the film, the former Democratic
presidential candidate describes the causes and consequences
of climatic imbalance. He bases all his obser-
vations on the most recent reports from
the IPCC. The goal of this “comeback kid”
is to awaken our consciences and alert
his contemporaries to the environmen-
tal disaster that will ensue if nothing is done to prevent it.
Gore emphatically insists, “The climate crisis is not a political
issue—it is a moral and spiritual challenge facing all
of humanity.” After a thirty-year congressional career, first
as a member of the House of Representatives, then following
in his father’s footsteps as a senator representing
Tennessee, and finally as Vice President in the Clinton
administration, Gore keeps pushing forward. For the last
five years, he has journeyed endlessly throughout the
United States and abroad, reiterating his plea to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions. “Al Gore is the individual who
has done the most to inform both the general population
and the public authorities of the political measures needed
to combat climate change,” maintains Ole Danbolt
Mjø, president of the Norwegian Nobel Prize Commit-
« Al gore is the individual who
has done the most to inform
both the general population
and the public authorities. »
portrait
Last year, Al gore became the roving ambassador for ecology and sustainable development.
He has taken major steps in waging the worldwide battle against global warming. Honoured
for his efforts with the nobel Peace Prize, he continues to tour the planet to encourage change.
tee. Although there’s a long road
ahead, Gore’s being awarded
the prize is proof that his message
has been heard.
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