Gore and Pachauri went on to speak with members of the press, joined here by Geir Lundestad, director of the Nobel Institute (left), and Ole Danbolt Mjoes, chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee (right). The news conference was held on the top floor of the Nobel Institute in a room formerly used for the actual award ceremony. These days the space is scarely big enough to hold all the journalists and TV crews covering the Nobel festivities.