climate change<\/a>, with Imbens calling it the world\u2019s \u201coverarching problem.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cClimate change is something which is clearly going to have a large impact on society,\u201d MacMillan said. \u201cBut at the same time given the science, given the call to arms amongst scientists, I really feel more optimism. And I feel there\u2019s a real moment happening with scientists moving towards trying to solve this problem.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI would bet on that fact that we would solve this problem,\u201d MacMillan said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hasselmann, whose work on climate change won him the prize, said he\u2019s more hopeful because the world\u2019s youth and movements like Fridays for the Future \u201chave picked up the challenge and are getting across the message to the public that we have to act and respond to the problem.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hasselmann said he\u2019s more optimistic now about climate change than 20 or 30 years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Imbens said he also is disturbed that misinformation, especially about COVID-19 and vaccines, is splitting society apart. He recalled growing up in the Netherlands and nearly everyone agreed on the need for the polio vaccine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd yet here we don\u2019t seem to have found a way of making these decisions that we can all live with,\u201d Imbens said. \u201cAnd that\u2019s clearly made it much harder to deal with the pandemic.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
More ceremonies will be held throughout the week in Germany and the United States. On Friday \u2014 the anniversary of the death of prize founder Albert Nobel \u2014 there will be a celebratory ceremony at Stockholm City Hall for a local audience, including King Carl XVI Gustav and senior Swedish royals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A Nobel Prize comes with a diploma, a gold medal and a 10-million krona ($1.15 million) cash award, which is shared if there are multiple winners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in Oslo because Nobel wanted it that way, for reasons he kept to himself. A ceremony is due to be held there Friday for the winners, journalists Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Norwegian news agency NTB said the peace prize festivities would be scaled down, with fewer guests and participants required to wear face masks. Norway has seen an uptick in cases of the new omicron variant, and a spokesman for the Norwegian Nobel Committee told NTB that it was \u201cin constant contact with the health authorities in Oslo.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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