IV 
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 Cali-
fornia, 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 Intergovern-
mental 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 nomi-
nations for the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize; 
Whereas the Norwegian Nobel Committee selected Vice Presi-
dent Albert Arnold (Al) Gore, Jr., and the Intergovern-
mental 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 Pro-
gram 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 be-
tween 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 Inter-
governmental Panel on Climate Change has challenged 
the public to take individual and collective action to ad-
dress the threat of climate change: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) congratulates Vice President Al Gore and 
the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for 
receiving the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize; 
(2) commends the Norwegian Nobel Committee 
for selecting Vice President Gore and the Intergov-
ernmental Panel on Climate Change for such prize; 
(3) recognizes Vice President Gore’s important 
work to increase awareness about the dangers of 
global warming; 
(4) recognizes the Intergovernmental Panel on 
Climate Change’s important work to create an in-
formed consensus about the connection between 
human activities and global warming; 
(5) recommends that the public takes individual 
and collective action to reduce greenhouse gas emis-
sions in order to address global warming; and 
(6) encourages this Congress and the President 
to enact important climate change legislation to sub-
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stantially reduce the contributions of the United 
States to global greenhouse gas emissions. 
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