City of Baltimore - File #: 07-0339R

• File #: 07-0339R
• Version: 0
• Name: Congratulations to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and Albert Arnold Gore Jr. on Winning the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 10/29/2007
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 10/29/2007
• Title: Congratulations to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and Albert Arnold Gore Jr. on Winning the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 FOR the purpose of congratulating the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and former Vice President Albert (Al) Gore, Jr. on sharing the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007, in recognition for their efforts to "build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and for laying the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change."
• Sponsors: James B. Kraft, President Young, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Robert Curran, Keiffer Mitchell, Belinda Conaway, Sharon Green Middleton, Helen L. Holton, Agnes Welch, Vernon E. Crider, Mary Pat Clarke, Stephanie President Rawlings-Blake
• Indexes: Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/29/2007	0	City Council	Introduced
10/29/2007	0	City Council	Adopted

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INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Kraft


A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Congratulations to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and Albert Arnold Gore Jr. on Winning the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007

FOR the purpose of congratulating the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and former Vice President Albert (Al) Gore, Jr. on sharing the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007, in recognition for their efforts to "build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and for laying the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change."
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On October 7, 2007 the Norwegian Nobel Committee decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 would be shared, in two equal parts, by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Control (IPCC) and former Vice President Albert (Al) Gore, Jr. for their efforts to "build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change."

Recognizing the problem of potential global climate change, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) established the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 1988, and opened its doors to all members of the UN and WMO. According to the IPCC, its role is to assess on a comprehensive, objective, open and transparent basis the scie...