congratulations al gore and the u.n. intergovernmental panel on climate change.

al gore was awarded the nobel peace prize last night alongside the u.n. intergovernmental panel on climate change for their efforts in bringing attention to the global warming issues plaguing the planet.

some quotes and statements from the article:

the nobel committee praised gore for being "one of the world's leading environmentalist politicians."

in the announcement, the committee cited gore and the 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."

president bill clinton, gore's ex-boss, praised gore saying this award was well-deserved and "he saw this coming before others in public life."

gore said he was "deeply hounoured" and stated "the climate crisis is not a political issue, it is a moral and spiritual challenge to all humanity."