Is anyone apart from me bothered that Gore got this in place of
thousands of other environmental activists with long years of
campaigning/action/service behind them?
Has there been any other Nobel awarded to a person with such a limited
past track record? Most prizes have been awarded to recognise a lifetime
of achievement, for example the Nobel prize for medicine was awarded to
those who first started their scientific journey in 1963? The peace
prize award usually appears to be a political act, to a greater or
lesser extent, compared to other Nobel prizes..
Steve
Jeremy W. Crampton wrote:
> The geography blogs are picking up on the Nobel award to Al Gore/IPCC this morning. Frank at VerySpatial makes a good point and I wonder if the AAG will be putting out a press release or notice about this?
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> "I think this is one of the first Nobel Peace Prizes awarded for an area that is dominated by physical geography. Wangari Muta Maathai won in 2004 for her work in sustainable development, which is the other prize focusing on physical geographic issues. I find it interesting the Nobel people are turning more and more to areas beyond human conflict when recognizing impacts on world peace. The Nobel Institute gives out several prizes in a range of disciplines, but I think the peace prize is the most recognized. It's also the only slot in which geography fits nicely (although you can make a strong case for Economics). Hopefully this prize might help raise geographic awareness around the world."
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> (http://veryspatial.com/?p=1797)
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