In Oslo, Norway yesterday, Al Gore accepted a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in countering climate change. He delivered an inspiring speech, reinforcing the idea that to solve our urgent environmental and energy challenges, we must take collective action:
At NPC, we couldn't agree more with this approach. Read the full speech.We must abandon the conceit that individual, isolated, private actions are the answer. They can and do help. But they will not take us far enough without collective action. At the same time, we must ensure that in mobilizing globally, we do not invite the establishment of ideological conformity and a new lock-step "ism."
That means adopting principles, values, laws, and treaties that release creativity and initiative at every level of society in multifold responses originating concurrently and spontaneously.
