"The credit for the Nobel Peace Prize which was bestowed on the IPCC last
year goes to him and other colleagues who have contributed so admirably to the
work," IPCC chairman Rajendra Kumar Pachauri told Prof. Attard.
Prof. Attard has been presented with a copy of the award certificate for the
Nobel Peace Prize 2007, which was given "only to those who have contributed
substantially to the work of the IPCC over the years since the inception of the
organisation".
The International Maritime Law Institute said it was Prof. Attard who in
August 1988 proposed to the Prime Minister of Malta the need to take global
action to protect global climate.
The government took the initiative which led to the unanimously adopted UN
General Assembly Resolution entitled Protection Of The Global Climate For
Present And Future Generations Of Mankind.
In the resolution, the assembly requested the secretary general of the World
Meteorological Organisation and the executive director of the United Nations
Environment Programme, utilising the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,
to immediately initiate action leading, as soon as possible, to a comprehensive
review and recommendations.
The Maltese proposal culminated in the 1992 UN Convention on the Protection
of Climate adopted at the Rio conference on Environment and Sustainable
Development
Professor Attard also participates in propagating knowledge of and love for the law of the sea, both at IMLI and at the University of Malta, as well as in other places around the world where he lectures from time to time. We are convinced that this award is more than well-deserved and wish to extend our congratulations.