Glacier error `cost us dear`: UN climate panel chief

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 3, 2010, 11:14

The embattled chief of the UN climate change panel admitted on Wednesday that a mistake in a landmark 2007 report had damaged the body`s credibility, in an interview with a British newspaper.

Pachauri rejects claims that findings based on essay

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 2, 2010, 18:44

UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change chief RK Pachauri dismissed as "unfounded and baseless", claims that its findings on disappearing ice from world`s mountain peaks was based on a doctoral student`s essay.

`IPCC didn`t correct glaciers report despite being informed`

Last Updated: Sunday, January 31, 2010, 09:21

RK Pachauri took two months to correct the report about melting Himalayan glaciers despite being informed before last year`s Copenhagen Summit.

Glaciergate: British science chief wants honesty on climate change

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 27, 2010, 18:59

After `Glaciergate` and errors in Climate Change report spawned attacks, UN Climate Chief R K Pachauri faced demands from Britain`s chief scientific adviser for "more honest" disclosure.

IPCC’s Amazon theory falls flat too!

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 27, 2010, 09:24

RK Pachauri-led Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)is in the midst of yet another controversy over its report that nearly 40% of the Brazilian rainforest in Amazon is threatened by climate change.

Climate scientists are only humans: Pachauri`s deputy

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 27, 2010, 00:07

With the IPCC and its Chairman Rajendra Pachauri coming under fire over the Himalayan glacier blunder, the UN body`s deputy defended him saying scientists are "only humans" who can make "mistakes."

Pachauri won`t quit over glacier blunder

Last Updated: Saturday, January 23, 2010, 16:15

Pachauri, head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Saturday said he would not quit.

No action against scientists, indicates Pachauri

Last Updated: Friday, January 22, 2010, 22:01

IPCC Chairman R K Pachauri today termed as "regrettable error" the claim that Himalayan glaciers will disappear by 2035 and indicated that there will be no action against any scientist for the controversial conclusion.

IPCC chief goes mum on Himalayan glacier blunder

Last Updated: Thursday, January 21, 2010, 15:55

RK Pachauri, head of the IPCC, refused to answer any question on the goof-up by the global scientists` group which made it carry in its 2007 report an unsubstantiated claim that Himalayan glaciers would disappear by 2035.

Upsurge in action needed for environment: Pachauri

Last Updated: Thursday, January 21, 2010, 11:03

RK Pachauri, the head of the UN panel of climate experts, have asked for concrete action at the grass-root level to save the environment and climate for future generations.

IPCC response over Himalayan glacier in a week: Pachauri

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 20, 2010, 00:39

R K Pachauri, head of UN`s panel of climate scientists today defended his Nobel winning team over forecasting an early disappearance of the Himalayan glaciers, saying IPCC will soon come with a response report on the issue.

Glaciologist demands apology from Pachauri for `voodoo` remark

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 20, 2010, 00:29

India`s senior-most glaciologist V K Raina today said the chief of the UN climate body should apologise to the scientist fraternity for dubbing their work on melting of Himalayan glaciers as "voodoo science".