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New York, Mar 10 (PTI) Nobel laureate and a leading
expert on climate change, Rajendra K Pachauri will lead the
newly established Yale Climate and Energy Institute (YCEI).

"The institute is fortunate to attract one of the world's
foremost climate change experts to lead it," University
President Richard C Levin made the announcement Tuesday
morning at the International Scientific Congress on Climate
Change in Copenhagen, where he is speaking along with
Pachauri.

"No one has more comprehensive grasp of the science and
policy of climate change or has done more to bring attention
to his urgent issue," Levin added.

Pachauri chairs the United Nations Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) since 2002, and has been
Director-General of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
in India since 2001.

Pachauri, the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize award
in 2007 on behalf of the IPCC, shared the honour with former
US Vice President Al Gore. He received an honorary degree from
Yale in 2008. In 2008, the government of India awarded
Pachauri the Padma Bhushan, among the nation's highest
civilian honours.

"As an institution with a global focus and international
reach, Yale can also pursue research on impacts of climate
change in different parts of the world and develop suitable
adaptation measures," Pachauri said. PTI DS
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