Why Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change received the 2007 Peace Nobel

Why it was awarded

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change received the 2007 Nobel Prize in Peace 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. This work opened new questions and influenced later research and practice. This achievement represents one of the major advances recognized in peace at the time.