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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 735 

Congratulating Vice President Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on 

Climate Change on receiving the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize and recognizing 

their important work to increase awareness about and evidence of the 

dangers of global warming. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 12, 2007 

Mr. HONDA (for himself, Ms. MCCOLLUM of Minnesota, Ms. HOOLEY, Mr. 

FARR, Mr. BERMAN, Ms. LEE, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. ROTHMAN, Ms. 

SOLIS, Mr. CARNAHAN, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. HOLT, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. 

CUMMINGS, Mr. GORDON of Tennessee, Ms. LINDA T. SA ́NCHEZ of California, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, and Ms. WOOLSEY) submitted the following 

resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Congratulating Vice President Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change on receiving the 2007 

Nobel Peace Prize and recognizing their important work 

to increase awareness about and evidence of the dangers 

of global warming. 

Whereas the Nobel Prize is a prestigious international award 

that has been administered annually since 1901 by the 

Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden, and recognizes 

the world’s most outstanding achievements in physics, 

chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, and peace; 


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Whereas the Norwegian Nobel Committee, who selects the 

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, only receives nominations by 

invitation from qualified nominators; 

Whereas the Norwegian Nobel Committee received 181 nominations for the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize; 

Whereas the Norwegian Nobel Committee selected Vice President Albert Arnold (Al) Gore, Jr., and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change as joint Nobel Peace 

Laureates for 2007, recognizing them ‘‘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’’; 

Whereas Vice President Gore’s work on global warming was 

recently documented in the Academy Award-winning film, 

‘‘An Inconvenient Truth’’; 

Whereas the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 

composed of thousands of scientists and officials from 

more than 100 countries, has collaborated to achieve 

greater certainty as to the scale of global warming; 

Whereas the Earth’s climate is changing, warming by 1.1 to 

1.6 degrees Fahrenheit since the Industrial Revolution; 

Whereas over the past 150 years, measured carbon dioxide 

concentrations have risen by more than one-third; 

Whereas the international scientific consensus is that global 

warming is caused by increased greenhouse gas emissions 

due to human activities, such as the burning of fossil 

fuels; 

Whereas the United States contributes almost one-fifth of net 

global greenhouse gas emissions; 


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Whereas global temperatures are likely to increase by 2 to 11 

degrees Fahrenheit between 1990 and 2100, according to 

the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; 

Whereas during the 20th century, glaciers and ice caps have 

experienced widespread losses of mass, contributing to 

rising sea levels; 

Whereas higher incidences of drought and increased severe 

weather events result from rising temperatures; 

Whereas according to the United Nations Environment Program Report, climate change is one of the key factors in 

the civil unrest leading to the mass death, destruction, 

and displacement of the people of Sudan; 

Whereas extensive climate change will continue to cause 

large-scale migration and will contribute to the increased 

danger of violent conflicts and wars, both within and between states, around the world; 

Whereas poorer nations and the most vulnerable communities 

will bear the greatest burden of the effects of global 

warming as increasing temperatures and rising sea levels 

threaten food security, induce increased competition for 

resources, and cause significant migrations; 

Whereas Vice President Gore has been a leader in generating 

international interest in exploring the causes, potential 

consequences, and solutions for the climate change crisis; 

Whereas the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is 

credited with creating an increasingly informed consensus 

about the connection between human activities and global 

warming; 

Whereas the Norwegian Nobel Committee stated that Vice 

President Gore ‘‘is probably the single individual who has 

done most to create greater worldwide understanding of 


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the measures that need to be adopted’’ to combat global 

warming; and 

Whereas the work of both Vice President Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has challenged 

the public to take individual and collective action to address the threat of climate change: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) congratulates Vice President Al Gore and 

3 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for 

4 receiving the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize; 

5 (2) commends the Norwegian Nobel Committee 

6 for selecting Vice President Gore and the Intergov7 ernmental Panel on Climate Change for such prize; 

8 (3) recognizes Vice President Gore’s important 

9 work to increase awareness about the dangers of 

10 global warming; 

11 (4) recognizes the Intergovernmental Panel on 

12 Climate Change’s important work to create an in13 formed consensus about the connection between 

14 human activities and global warming; 

15 (5) recommends that the public takes individual 

16 and collective action to reduce greenhouse gas emis17 sions in order to address global warming; and 

18 (6) encourages this Congress and the President 

19 to enact important climate change legislation to subVerDate Aug 31 2005 22:27 Oct 12, 2007 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR735.IH HR735

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1 stantially reduce the contributions of the United 

2 States to global greenhouse gas emissions. 

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