Al Gore and the IPCC receive the Nobel Peace Prize 2007

15/10/2007 :: The Nobel Peace Prize 2007 is shared between Vice President Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 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. + More

11/12/2006 :: Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank received the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize to a standing ovation at Oslo City Hall on Sunday 10 December. + More

16/10/2006 :: The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2006 to Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank. + More

Swedish industrial magnate Alfred Nobel (1833-1896), inventor of dynamite, is the man behind the Nobel Peace Prize. At the time of his death, Nobel’s empire consisted of a network of nearly one hundred factories, and he was one of the ... + More