The two winners of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize Sunday called on
world leaders to take "strong and concrete actions" to combat
climate change.
Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and Rajendra Pachauri,
chairman of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC), told a joint press conference here that it is time
to "take strong and concrete actions" to fight climate change.
Gore and the IPCC shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for warning
the world against severe consequences of global warming.
Gore said global warming is "a question of the survival of our
civilization," expressing expectations that the ongoing
international climate meeting in Indonesia's Bali would result in
"a strong mandate to reduce emissions."
Both Gore and Pachauri urged children and youths to get involved
in climate change issues at school and elsewhere.
Gore and Pachauri representing the IPCC will receive the Nobel
peace laurel at a ceremony in Oslo Monday.
They are scheduled to make a brief stop in the Swedish capital
Stockholm Wednesday before heading to Bali to join the climate
talks.
(Xinhua News Agency December 10, 2007)
