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Gore Wins Spain's Top Award
Former Vice President Al Gore won Spain's most prestigious prize Wednesday for his "decisive contribution to progress in solving the grave problems of climate change which threaten our planet." Gore won the Prince of Asturias award for international cooperation, considered by some to be a warm-up for the Nobel Prizes, for which Gore is nominated this year in the peace category. The jury meeting in the northern city of Oviedo called Gore "a public man who, with his leadership, has contributed to making societies and governments around the world aware of this noble and transcendental cause." The prize is named for Spain's Crown Prince Felipe and is one of eight given out annually in categories ranging from arts to sports.
Story Continues Below Gore won an Academy Award this year for "An Inconvenient Truth," his documentary about global warming, and in October he will learn if he has won the Nobel peace prize. "I was deeply honored to learn this morning about the Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation," Gore said in a statement. He beat out candidates that included the aid group Intermon-Oxfam and the Geneva-based World Meteorological Organization. The award is defined as going to the "person, persons or organization whose work has contributed in an exemplary and relevant way to mutual knowledge, progress and brotherhood among peoples." Last year's winner was the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The prize carries a $68,000 stipend and a reproduction of a statue by Spanish artist Joan Miro. The awards are handed out each year in October in Oviedo, capital of the Asturias region. © 2007 Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Editor's note:
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