"Pachauri Quits UN Climate Panel After Sexual Harassment Complaint"

"India's Rajendra Pachauri quit as chair of the U.N. panel of climate scientists on Tuesday, ending 13 turbulent years in charge of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning group, after a sexual harassment complaint against him.

Pachauri, 74, has denied the allegation.

Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) since 2002, Pachauri pulled out of an IPCC meeting in Kenya this week after Indian police started investigating the complaint by a female researcher in India."

Alister Doyle reports for Reuters February 24, 2015.

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"End of the Pachauri Era: the Evolution of Consensus on Climate Science" (Daily Climate)

"On Rajendra Pachauri’s Resignation from the U.N. Climate Panel" (Dot Earth/NY Times)

"IPCC Agrees on Acting Chair After R.K. Pachauri Steps Down" (IPCC/Environmental Research Web)

Source: Reuters, 02/25/2015