R.K. PACHAURI

Feb. 14, 2020

Rajinder K. Pachauri, former Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), died on Thursday. He was 79.

About:

  • Pachauri was the founder and chief executive of The Energy Resources Institute (TERI).

  • In 2002, he was elected Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, established by the World Meteorological Organisation and the United Nations Environment Programme.

  • He received the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the IPCC, with former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, in 2007.

  • Pachauri had to step down as executive vice-chairman of TERI after he was accused of sexual harrassment by a woman colleague in 2015. 

Source : The Hindu