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Pachauri insists science behind global warming remains ‘totally valid’ | UN Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) chief Dr Rajendra Kumar Pachauri has insisted that the science behind global warming remains valid, despite recent embarrassing mistakes which has threatened to damage the organization’s credibility. “There is one mistake that occurred unfortunately and we have clearly
accepted that, we have accepted regret that it took place, but there is a huge
volume of science over there, the IPCC fourth volume assessment report is a massive
piece of work and I think all of what we have said over there is totally valid,”
The Telegraph quoted Pachauri, as saying. “The fact is that we have clearly shown
that the impacts of climate change, if you don't take action are going to become
progressively serious. And it is not merely a warming of the earth's system it
is also a disruption in terms of extreme events and there are some leaders in
the world who have actually realised that. They are actually saying that the best
way to way to get out of the current economic recession is to invest in green
jobs,” he added. Dr Pachauri is under immense pressure from Greenpeace, the world
environment body to step down from his current position. Greenpeace Director John
Suaven has said that Pachauri should step down from his post as IPCC Chairman
so that the body can regain its lost credibility in the wake of the ‘Climategate’,
‘Glaciergate’ and ‘Amazongate’ scandals. Pachauri has made a flawed judgement
by not registering the mistake on glacial melt made by the IPCC, which came to
light ahead of the Copenhagen conference, Sauven added. Meanwhile, a fresh call
for Pachauri to resign came from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change (UNFCCC) Executive Secretary, Yvo de Boer, who blamed him for the error
in the IPCC report on Himalayan glaciers, and termed it as ‘senseless’. |
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