The 2007 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the IPCC (jointly
with former US Vice-President Al Gore) 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 as the Nobel Committee points out.
GWSP congratulates IPCC for receiving this outstanding award
and especially the researchers from the GWSP community who are
actively involved in the IPCC Working Groups. The following members
of the GWSP SSC are key authors of the 4th Assessment Report:
Taikan Oki is contributing author of WG I report, chapter 3 Surface
and Atmospheric Climate Change and lead author of WG II report,
chapter 3 Freshwater resources and their management. José
Marengo is lead author of WG I report, chapter 9 Uncertainty and
attributing to climate change and contributing author of WG II
report, regional chapter on Latin America. Joseph Alcamo is coordinating
lead author of WG II report, regional chapter on Europe. At the
same time Joseph Alcamo is involved in the Summary for Policymakers
and in the Technical Summary of the WG II report as drafting and
lead author respectively. Joyeeta Gupta is lead author of the
WG III report, chapter 13 Policies, instruments and co-operative
arrangements.
