For billions of people, mountain meltwater is essential for drinking water and sanitation, food and energy security, and the integrity of the environment. But today, as the world warms, glaciers are melting faster than ever, making the water cycle more unpredictable and extreme. And because of glacial retreat, floods, droughts, …
A factual mistake is threatening to hijack the global climate agenda R.K. Pachauri is facing the worst crisis of his stint as the chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which he is heading since 2002. With climate sceptics mounting relentless challenge to the credibility of climate science …
A roomful of reporters, whirring TV cameras and popping camera flashes. Dr Rajendra Kumar Pachauri, the world's climate czar, is used to such attention. As chairman of a UN body appointed to study the impact of climate change, which shared the 2007 Nobel Prize with Al Gore, he earned plaudits. …
Conflict of interest in formulating climate policy and heading TERIi, which gets sizeable research funding in areas like glaciology and renewable energy and is a big player in green business opportunities.
Hasan Suroor LONDON: Rajendra Kumar Pachauri, head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), on Wednesday admitted that its credibility was damaged by the controversy over its 2007 report, which falsely claimed that the Himalayan glaciers could melt away by 2035. But he refused to apologise, saying he was …
The latest statement by Delhi Platform on Himalayan glacial melt controversy. Says that critics have missed key issues and have ignored impacts & perceptions of people who live in the vicinity of glaciers. This document contains the statement by Delhi Platform on the Himalayan glaciers issue. It recommends both the …
Associate Laureate Laureate Cristian Donoso kayaked along Antarctica's rugged coast, documenting the fate of wildlife endangered by global climate change. Now he has returned there with two companions to kayak to a remote section of the Antarctic Peninsula, then turn the kayaks into sleds and scale the Antarctic Andes, exploring …
The people of Tajikistan, a small, mountainous country in Central Asia, are experiencing the impacts of climate change. More frequent droughts and heightened extreme weather conditions are hitting poor communities, eroding their resilience. The country
Sunita Narain, director, Centre of Science and Environment, says that her past battles with IPCC chief R.K. Pachauri do not detract from the truth of climate change and that climate skeptics should not take advantage of the `date mistake' in the IPCC report on Himalayan glaciers. Excerpts from an interview: …
The admission by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that it grossly overstated the rate at which Himalayan glaciers were receding has hurt the credibility of the institution considerably. It is all very well for the IPCC to defend itself by saying that this was just one page in …
RASHME SEHGAL Defending himself against charges that he was responsible for the goof-up that Himalayan glaciers were set to disappear by 2035 in the fourth IPCC report, Dr Murari Lal, who had edited the section on Asia, said categorically, "We had quoted extensively from an interview that glaciologist Syed Hasnain …
The recent controversy on the IPCC report regarding Himalayan glaciers has been all over the media. Before dwelling on this matter further, it is important to recognize that it was a silly mistake on the part of the authors of the IPCC report (those who wrote and reviewed Chapter 10 …
