Pachauri rules out resignation as IPCC Chairman

New Delhi, Jan 23 (PTI) Rajendra Pachauri Saturday ruled
out his resignation as Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change (IPCC) over the error in predicting the
melting of Himalayan glaciers by 2035 and said the UN body
will use more rigorous research systems in the future.
He rejected allegations that The Energy and Resources
Institute headed by him had benefited from the conclusions of
the Fourth Assessment Report of the UN body and said that the
focus would now be on bringing out a "robust and credible"
Fifth Assessment Report in the next four years.
"I have no intention of resigning from my position,"
Pachauri told a packed press conference here.
"I was elected by all the countries of the world and I
have got a task. I have to complete the Fifth Assessment
Report and I shall do it. And I am sure we will come up with a
robust and a credible report," he said.
Pachauri admitted that concluding that Himalayan glaciers
would melt by 2035 was a mistake but said it does not take
away from the report's overall conclusion that glaciers in the
region were receding.
"Rational people see the larger picture. And I am
confident world leaders would continue to repose their faith
in IPCC and there will be no deviation from that," he said.
Pachauri said there were "vested interests" at work to
demolish the science of climate change. He claimed to have
documentary evident of 1200 lobbyists working in the US to
stop any legislation or other measures to tackle climate
change. MORE PTI