Prize announcement
Announcement of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and Al Gore, presented by Professor Ole Danbolt Mjøs, Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, on 12 October 2007.
Interview
Following the announcement, Geir Lundestad, Secretary of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, told freelance journalist Øystein Heggen why climate change is connected with war and peace.
Nobel Prizes and laureates
Six prizes were awarded for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind. The 12 laureates' work and discoveries range from proteins' structures and machine learning to fighting for a world free of nuclear weapons.
See them all presented here.
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