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Global Peace Index (GPI) is a report produced by the Australia-based NGO Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP) which measures the relative position of nations' and regions' peacefulness. [2] The GPI ranks 163 independent states and territories (collectively accounting for 99.7 per cent of the world's population) according to their levels of ...
Al Gore and leader of IPCC Rajendra K. Pachauri on the balcony of Grand Hotel, Oslo, Norway, on 10 December 2007. The 2007 Nobel Peace Prize was shared, in two equal parts, between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (founded in 1988) and United States former vice president, Al Gore (b. 1948) "for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made ...
The Global Peace Foundation (GPF) is an international nonprofit organization with a stated mission to promote “an innovative, values-based approach to peacebuilding, guided by the vision of One Family under God.” [2] [3] GPF partners with government ministries, [4] [5] community and faith-based organizations, [6] and United Nations offices [7] to develop and execute programs in 20 countries.
Mary Shapard (c. 1882–1950s) – American author and peace activist who was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize; she was reportedly the first American to advocate for the formation of a "league of nations" during World War I and was also reportedly the source of the original text used by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson to draft his Covenant of ...
Another helpful organization, “The Institute for Economics and Peace,” publishes an annual Global Peace Index based on the factors that contribute to peaceful cultures. The index includes163 ...
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Established in 2006, awarded to individuals for global peace work United States: Jane Addams Children's Book Award: Jane Addams Peace Association: To a children's book that advances the causes of peace and social equality United States: American Peace Award: First created in 1923 by Edward Bok; revived in 2008 United States: Art of Peace Award
by Lawrence Lessig (the first CC licensed book released by a major mainstream publisher, Penguin Books) CC BY-NC 1.0 [11] Freesouls: 2008: 2010 (digital ebook) book with essays and photos of key people of the free movement by Joi Ito: CC BY [12] The Future of Ideas: 2001: 2001: by Lawrence Lessig (originally published by Random House) CC BY-NC [11]