Al Gore

With the world’s financial markets teetering on the brink of panic, the world’s most powerful executives, financiers and politicians will be searching for answers to the global credit meltdown when they gather for their annual retreat in this week in the Swiss Alps.

EUOBSERVER / OSLO – While the international community struggles to reach agreement on how to further tackle climate change at a meeting in Bali, former US vice president Al Gore and the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) have received the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to increase knowledge about the effects of human activities on global warming.