Al Gore seen as possible winner of 2007 Nobel Peace Prize

OSLO (AFP) – Former US vice president
Al Gore is seen as a possible winner of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to save the planet from global warming, the head of the Oslo Peace Research Institute has said.

“The issue of global warming is also very topical and … it wouldn’t be impossible for the Nobel committee to honour a person combatting this threat. In such case, Al Gore … seems to me to be a possible candidate,” the institute’s head, Stein Toennesson told AFP Thursday.

Emails, faxes and letters have been flowing in to the Nobel Institute in Oslo ahead of the February 1 deadline for nominations, with Finnish peace broker Martti Ahtisaari and Chinese dissident Rebiya Kadeer also tipped as possible laureates.

Two Norwegian members of parliament have nominated Al Gore jointly with Sheila Watt-Cloutier, a Canadian who represents more than 150,000 fellow Inuits in the Inuit Circumpolar Conference and who has campaigned to draw attention to climate change in the Arctic.

AFP