Former Vice President Al Gore wins the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize

Former Vice President Al Gore and the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize today by the Nobel Prize committee. "He is probably the single individual who has done most to create greater worldwide understanding of the measures that need to be adopted," said Ole Danbolt Mjos, chairman of the Nobel committee.

Al Gore's campaign to make the issue of global warming a
recognized problem worldwide was covered in the 2006 documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, which was also released in book form by Viking earlier this year.

In a statement, Gore said he was "deeply honored," adding that "the climate crisis is not a political issue, it is a moral and spiritual challenge to all of humanity."

The former vice president has stated that he will donate his half of the $1.5 million prize to the Alliance for Climate Protection, a U.S. organization he founded that seeks to persuade people to cut emissions and reduce global warming.

The award ceremony will be held on December 10th, in Oslo, Norway.

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