| Nobel committee recognises IPCC’s contribution
The Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 was awarded to the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) and to the former Vice-President of the US, Albert Arnold Gore by the Nobel Prize Committee.
One half of this year's Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) ‘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’. ETH Zurich researchers played a key role in the preparation of the IPCC reports. In particular, the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC contains a considerably detailed assessment of the impacts of climate change in different parts of the world. The IPCC was founded in 1988. It is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. Dr R K Pachauri has been the IPCC- elected chief since 2002. The IPCC aims to evaluate the scientific, technical, and socio-economic information needed to understand the risks to climate change induced by humans. The IPCC does not carry out its own research, nor monitor climate-related data. Its assessments rely on published and peer reviewed scientific technical literature. The 2007 report is based on hundreds of simulations, computer models, numerous studies and gathered data. The Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC had a total of 2500 experts collaborating over the course of six years.
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