Nobel Peace Prize for 2007

"The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 is to be shared, in two equal parts, between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. 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."

Nobel Peace Prize Committee

"I have been stunned in a pleasant way with the news of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize for the IPCC. This makes each of you a Nobel Laureate and it is my privilege to acknowledge this honour on your behalf..."

Letter to IPCC Convening Lead Authors, from Rajendra Pachauri, IPCC Chairman

The IPCC was created in 1988 to response to growing concern about the risk of anthropogenic climate change. The General Assembly of the United Nations asked the two UN bodies most engaged in the issue, the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme, to set up this Panel. The role of the IPCC is to assess on a comprehensive, objective, open and transparent basis the scientific, technical and socio-economic information relevant to understanding the scientific basis of risk of human-induced climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation.

Evan Mills has contributed to the work of IPCC since the late 1990s, co-authoring eight chapters and reports as a member of the large body of scientists from around the world who collectively share in the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. He has participated in Working Group II (climate change impacts and adaptation), with emphasis on the implications for the world's insurance industry and financial services sector. He has also participated in Working Group III (climate change mitigation), with emphasis on the role of energy efficiency in reducing greenhouse-gas emissions. He contributed to the Third Assessment Report (2001) and the Fourth Assessment Report (2007).

Documents

• Presentation Speech

• IPCC Nobel Lecture

• Main Nobel web page [PDF]

• Official Certificate from IPCC to Authors [PDF]

• Initial comments by IPCC Chairman [PDF]

• IPCC News Release [PDF]

• Letter from IPCC Chairman to Contributing Lead Authors [PDF]

• Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Nobel Laureates [PDF • Details - PDF]

• News story in SCIENCE with comments from Bert Bolin, Robert Watson, and R.K. Pachauri [PDF]

• NPR — All Things Considered — A Look at the Group Sharing the Peace Prize [Audio]

• Award Ceremony Webcast

• Menu at the Nobel Banquet

Evan Mills' Authorship & Contribution to IPCC Reports

• Field, C.B., L.D. Mortsch,, M. Brklacich, D.L. Forbes, P. Kovacs, J.A. Patz, S.W. Running, M.J. Scott, J. Andrey, D. Cayan, M. Demuth, A. Hamlet, G. Jones, E. Mills, S. Mills, C. K. Minns, D. Sailor, M. Saunders, D. Scott, W. Solecki, and M. MacCracken. 2007. "North America." Chapter 14 in Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, M.L. Parry, O.F. Canziani, J.P. Palutikof, P.J. van der Linden and C.E. Hanson, Eds., Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 617-652. Contributing Author. [PDF]

• Watson, R. et al. 2001. "Climate Change 2001: Synthesis Report." Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, United Nations and World Meteorological Organization, Geneva. Contributing Author. [Report PDF] [Figures PDF]

• IPCC. 2001. "Summary for Policymakers: Climate Change 2001: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability." Contribution of Working Group II to Climate Change 2001: Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [McCarthy, J., O. Canziani, N. Leary, D. Dokken, and K. White (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA, pp. 1-18. [PDF] (invited)

• IPCC. 2001. "Technical Summary: Climate Change 2001: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability." Contribution of Working Group II to Climate Change 2001: Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [McCarthy, J., O. Canziani, N. Leary, D. Dokken, and K. White (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA, pp. 19-74. LBNL- 47924. [PDF] (invited)

• Vellinga, P. V., E. Mills, L. Bouwer, G. Berz, S. Huq, L. Kozak, J. Paultikof, B. Schanzenbacker, S. Shida, G. Soler, C. Benson, P. Bidan, J. Bruce, P. Huyck, G. Lemcke, A. Peara, R. Radevsky, C. van Schoubroeck, A. Dlugolecki. 2001. "Insurance and Other Financial Services." Chapter 8 in Climate Change 2001: Impacts, Vulnerability, and Adaptation. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, United Nations and World Meteorological Organization, Geneva. Working Group II. Coordinating Lead Author. [PDF] (invited)

• Cohen, S., D. Schimel, G. Chilinsky, K. Duncan, E. Gregorich, P. Groffman, P. Kovacs, V. Magana, D. McKnight, K. Miller, E. Mills, D. Etkin, R. Flemming, K. Hall, J. Patz, D. Scott, G. Wall, R. Harris, E. Wheaton. 2001. "North America." Chapter 15 in Climate Change 2001: Impacts, Vulnerability, and Adaptation. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, United Nations and World Meteorological Organization, Geneva. Working Group II. Lead Author. LBNL- 47925. [PDF] (invited)

• Moomaw, W. R., J. R. Moreira, K. Blok, D. Greene, K. Gregory, T. Jaszay, T. Kashiwagi, M. Levine, M. MacFarland, N. S. Prasad, L. Price, H. Rogner, R. Sims, F. Zhou, E. Alsema, H. Audus, R. K. Bose, G. M. Jannuzzi, A. Kollmuss, L. Changsheng, E. Mills, K. Minato, S. Plotkin, A. Shafer, A. C. Walter, R. Ybema, J. de Beer, D. Victor, R. Pichs-Madruga, H. Ishitani. 2001. "Technological and Economic Potential of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction." Chapter 3 in Climate Change 2001: Mitigation. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, United Nations and World Meteorological Organization, Geneva. Working Group III. Contributing Author. LBNL- 47922. [PDF] (invited)