And the winner is....
Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC) have jointly won the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 -
“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”

Al GoreEx vice president Gore, whose documentary “An Inconvenient Truth” helped to publicise the man-made causes of Climate change, is donating all of the proceeds of the award to the Alliance for Climate Protection.

Mr. Rajendra Pachauri, the Chairman of the IPCC, paid tribute to the scientific community, whom he called “the winners of this award” and announced, “This is an honour that goes to all the scientists and authors who have contributed to the work of the IPCC, which alone has resulted in enormous prestige for this organization and the remarkable effectiveness of the message that it contains".Despite the win, the US Government has stated it will not change its environmental policy nor ratify the Kyoto agreement to limit carbon emissions.
There is also ongoing speculation as to whether Gore will run for election. Time will tell. However the award is an international achievement, and the planet is clearly winning.Image from An Inconvenient Truth and IPCC websites