Talking about the climate change in order to win Nobel Peace Prize?

Almost every world leader talks about climate change every day. All of them have realised that the popularity is based on the talk about climate change. Hopefully they mean it when they do the talk. Others however are eyeing the Nobel Peace Prize, a prize that has now almost lost meaning because it is dished out to every Tom, every Dick and every Harry, depending on what the Nobel Committee wants to achieve.

When President Barack Obama got it last year, there was an outcry. Many were of the opinion that he did not deserve it. We shared their opinion because the man had barely been in office for less than one year. What many did not realise was the fact that the Norwegian Nobel Committee had their own goals to accomplish. That of bringing the man leading the most powerful man to Norway for a quick visit and what do you do to get him fly in – the Nobel Peace Prize.

One thing that the committee failed to achieve was to get the Obamas to attend the evening concert that most leaders awarded the prize are supposed to attend.  He declined, not only attending the concert but also USA’s Jonathan Mann’s public staged yearly interview at the Oslo City Council. This may have angered many of the organizers. The man came, got the prize and left! Could it be due to the fact that he knew he did not deserve it and feared being longer in the country, an act that would have enabled journalists to question him on whether he was qualified for the prize?

By the Chief Editor Korir