Al Gore is no longer known just as the former vp of the US. He's been creating waves as a campaigner for preventing global warming, a mission that won him the latest Nobel peace prize along with our own R K Pachauri, chairman of the intergovernmental panel on climate change. On a recent visit to India Gore launched the India Chapter of his ngo 'The Climate Project' along with Pachauri. "Advanced developing countries like India can take the lead in addressing climate change," declared Gore, adding, "The correct response to the climate crisis is not a comparison between some level of pollution that has been achieved by other countries a long time ago with dirty technologies, but rather what can be achieved in the 21st century with efficient technologies." His ngo plans to create and deliver training on practical ways to lower emissions. "India leads in information technology and other fields and can do so in renewable energy and other clean technologies as well," he added. With a little bit of help from friends like Gore, no doubt.