[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 735 Introduced in House (IH)]







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.


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                    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. Sanchez of California, Mr. Ruppersberger, 
and Ms. Woolsey) submitted the following resolution; which was referred 
                  to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 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.

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;
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 nominations for the 2007 
        Nobel Peace Prize;
Whereas the Norwegian Nobel Committee selected Vice President Albert Arnold (Al) 
        Gore, Jr., and the Intergovernmental 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;
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 Program 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 between 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 the measures that need to be adopted'' to 
        combat global warming; and
Whereas the work of both Vice President Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on 
        Climate Change has challenged the public to take individual and 
        collective action to address 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 Intergovernmental 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 informed consensus about 
        the connection between human activities and global warming;
            (5) recommends that the public takes individual and 
        collective action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in order 
        to address global warming; and
            (6) encourages this Congress and the President to enact 
        important climate change legislation to substantially reduce 
        the contributions of the United States to global greenhouse gas 
        emissions.
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