Correction: Greenpeace UK Not Calling for IPCC Chairman Pachauri to Step Aside
photo: © Greenpeace/Christian Aslund via flickr.
Yesterday you may have seen on TreeHugger and elsewhere remarks by Greenpeace UK director John Sauven which implied that the organization thought that IPCC chairman Dr Rajendra Pachauri should step down from his post in order the rebuild public confiden…Read the full story on TreeHugger
A New Call For IPCC Chair Pachauri to Resign… From Greenpeace UK??
IPCC chairman Dr Rajendra Pachauri has said he will not issue a personal apology for mistakes made regarding Himalayan glacier melting–keep in mind that an official organizational apology was made–let alone step down from his post. While several green groups have stood behind Pachauri, the director of Greenpeace UK has come out in supp…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Notes From a Quasi-Scandal: IPCC Chair Says He Won’t Step Down + Glacier Error Not Politically Motivated
Dr. Rajendra Pachauri speaking with reporters during COP15. Photo: Matthew McDermott.
Repercussions from the recent news that an incorrect non-peer reviewed statement about Himalayan glaciers melting made it into the last IPCC report continue. 1) BBC News reports that IPCC chair Dr Rajendra Pachauri has adamantly stated he will not step down; and 2) <a href="http://climateprogress….Read the full story on TreeHugger
IPCC Head Pachauri Says Climate Skeptics, Lobbyists Will Ramp Up Efforts to Sabotage 2010 Global Deal
All photos: Matthew McDermott
With the dust still settling in the wake of the weak facade of a climate agreement at COP15 two weeks ago, IPCC chairman Dr Rajendra Pachauri hasn’t wasted any time in stating his beliefs on what we’ll see in 2010: More anti-climate lobbying, trying to block a global deal. And what we’ll need to counter it: Greater civil society and grassroots action to push governments. Fro…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Rajendra Pachauri at Copenhagen: Attempts to Discredit Climate Science “Will Not Work” (Video Interview)
Nobel Laureate and IPCC chairman R.K. Pachauri pities the fools that doubt the scientific findings of his UN group. But the skeptics keep coming, especially after the “Climategate” affair. While the skepticism has remained marginal here in Copenhagen, some have wondered how the …Read the full story on TreeHugger
Just Two Cents From Every New Yorker Could Build Carteret Island’s Climate Change Refugees New Homes
Ursula Rakova screen-grabbed from the trailer for the documentary Sun Come Up, explaining the impact of climate change on the Carteret’s.
I didn’t initially schedule it this way, but yesterday at Climate Week NYC turned out to be one spanning the breadth of people trying to affected by climate change. In the morning was Dr Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the IPCC; the evening ended with Read the full story on TreeHugger
Himalayas, Africa Facing Climate Change-Induced Water Shortages – Yemen’s Already Rioting
photo: Anna Pearson via flickr
The focus keeps getting placed on the impact of global climate change on world water supplies: Oxfam highlights the effect of water shortages and declining crop yields in Nepal; IPCC chairman Dr Rajendra Pachauri comments on how thirsty Africa could become; and, Reuters writes from Yemen on a gro…Read the full story on TreeHugger