PACHAURI 3 LST

Pachauri said the IPCC is a body of hundreds of eminent
scientists selected and nominated by different governments.
"There are huge problems on climate change. Climate
change is not limited to Himalayan glaciers. Rational people
will continue to repose faith in IPCC," he said.
Pachauri said the IPCC will not take action against any
of the authors of the report.
"We have no right to take any action against any author.
They are not employees of IPCC," he said.
The IPCC is under fire for having included in its 2007
report -- without proper peer review -- an assertion that
glaciers in the Himalayas will disappear by 2035 due to global
warming. It had retracted the statement just three days back.
Researcher Murari Lal was in-charge of editing the
chapter on glaciers in the Fourth Assessment Report of the
IPCC and had based the controversial finding on a media
interview of glaciologist S I Hasnain.
Pachauri said IPCC is utilising the Noble Peace Prize
money for training a cadre of scientists in developing
countries which would assess the problem of climate change in
their respective regions.
"There is absolutely no information available on the rate
at which Himalayan glaciers are melting. It is unfortunate
that there is no research on glacier melting in India or the
SAARC nations. We should make a plan for proper evaluation and
calculation of melting of glaciers," he added. PTI