20007: Former Inuit Circumpolar Leader Sheila Watt-Cloutier Just Misses Nobel Peace Award for her Work on Climate Change

Inuit Circumpolar Council (Canada) - Former Inuit Circumpolar Leader Sheila Watt-Cloutier Just Misses Nobel Peace Award for her Work on Climate Change: "Anchorage, October 12, 2007 The former Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC), Sheila Watt-Cloutier, jointly nominated for her work on climate change with Al Gore just missed winning the award earlier today. Although it was widely speculated that Ms. Watt-Cloutier might share the award with Mr. Gore, the Norwegian Nobel Institute, gave the award instead to both Mr. Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)."

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