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RK Pachauri to skip Nairobi climate meet after woman complains of sexual harassment
2015-02-21 20:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Deccan Chronicle: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change or IPCC has said its chairman RK Pachauri has expressed his inability to go to Nairobi next week for chairing its plenary session in the wake of a complaint of sexual harassment against him. "The Chairman of the IPCC, Rajendra K Pachauri, has informed the IPCC that he will be unable to chair the plenary session of the IPCC in Nairobi next week because of issues demanding his attention in India," IPCC said in a statement in Delhi. This comes after...
UN climate panel chief Rajendra Pachauri accused of sexual harassment
2015-02-21 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, has been accused of sexually harassing a woman colleague at a New Delhi-based research institute headed by him. The 29-year-old researcher accused 74-year-old Pachauri of making physical advances and sending lewd text messages and e-mails since she joined The Energy and Research Institute in September 2013, according to a copy of the complaint and her lawyer. The preliminary complaint has been registered...
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A cloud has caused problems, fighting it effectively: Pachauri
2015-02-20 17:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Indian Express: Accused of sexually harassing a junior associate, R K Pachauri has told his colleagues at TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute) that a cloud had created problems for him personally and that he was fighting it effectively. In a mail to all his colleagues, three days after the woman complained to the police, Pachauri said TERI as an institution was much larger than an individual and would continue to march ahead. Also Read: Police FIR against R K Pachauri on charges of sexual harassment...
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U.N. climate panel chief Pachauri accused of sexual harassment
2015-02-20 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Police are investigating claims that the one of world's top climate change officials, Rajendra K. Pachauri, chairman of the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, sexually harassed a 29-year-old woman, police and lawyers said on Friday. The woman, who is a researcher at Pachauri's Delhi-based The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), claims the 74-year-old Indian scientist began harassing her soon after she joined the non-profit think-tank in September 2013. Pachauri has denied...
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Policy shift needed to achieve 1L MW solar energy target: Pachauri
2015-01-04 04:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Press Trust of India: To achieve the target for solar energy capacity of 100,000 MW, India needs a policy change, apart from getting rid of subsidies on some fossil fuel sources of energy, noted environmentalist and Nobel Laureate R K Pachauri said here today. The new government is committed to setting up 1 lakh MW of solar power capacity possibly in less than a decade. I think this would be a remarkable development if the Government of India can pursue a target of 1 lakh MW (from solar power), Pachauri told reporters...
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