Greens: award to add impetus on climate talks

THE Green Party yesterday led the Irish political tributes to former US Vice President Al Gore following the announcement that he was the joint winner of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize.

The party also warmly congratulated the other joint winner, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), for its work in raising awareness about climate change.

Party leader and Minister for the Environment John Gormley, who met Al Gore at a UN summit on climate change last month, said: “This is a fitting prize for the courageous work carried out by Al Gore and the IPCC. Together they have proved the science and delivered the message that we have a decade to agree and implement measures to avoid the catastrophic effects of climate change.