In 2007 the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to experts of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and former United States Vice-President Al Gore. Recently, Martiros Tsarukyan, an employee at the Armenian Ministry of Nature Protection’s Department of Atmosphere Protection who is also a longstanding member of the IGPCC, was awarded with a copy of the Nobel Prize certificate along with a congratulatory letter which reads in part, “…I am happy to send you a copy of the Nobel Peace Prize certificate awarded to the IPCC. The respect embodied in this lofty award belongs to you band our other colleagues who made such a significant contribution to the work of the IPCC during the years since the organization’s founding…” ...