Selected Honors and Awards
- 2008 Dan David Prize: "Social Responsibility with Particular Emphasis on the Environment."
- 2008 The Gore resolution (HJR712) passed by the Tennessee House of Representatives which honors Gore's "efforts to curb global warming."
- 2007 Gothenburg Prize for Sustainable Development
- 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (environment)
- 2007 International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences: Founders Award for Current TV and for work in the area of global warming
- 2007 Prince of Asturias Award in Spain (environment)
- 2007 The Sir David Attenborough Award for Excellence in Nature Filmmaking (environment)
- 2006 Quill Awards: History/current events/politics, An Inconvenient Truth
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