Nobel Laureate R.K. Pachauri Discusses Key Climate Change Issues at WEC Forum
This Washington Sustainability Forum was sponsored by The Dow Chemical Company
Dr. Pachauri speaking at WEC Forum
On July 21, Dr. Pachauri, the keynote speaker at the recent WEC Washington Sustainability Forum, addressed a number of interrelated topics, including
the status of the global climate change negotiations and major new
scientific results. His presentation is available here.
Dr. R.K. Pachauri is the co-winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize for peace for his work in Chairing the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. He also serves as the Director-General of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in New Delhi, India and has recently been appointed to lead the newly established Yale Climate and Energy Institute.
The Washington Sustainability Forum, a major initiative to create dialogue on sustainable development issues, was launched in 2007. Previous Forum speakers have included: Senator Joseph Lieberman, Zhou Wenzhong, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to the United States, and Stavros Dimas, the European Union’s Environmental Commissioner.
Dr. R.K. Pachauri is the co-winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize for peace for his work in Chairing the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. He also serves as the Director-General of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in New Delhi, India and has recently been appointed to lead the newly established Yale Climate and Energy Institute.
The Washington Sustainability Forum, a major initiative to create dialogue on sustainable development issues, was launched in 2007. Previous Forum speakers have included: Senator Joseph Lieberman, Zhou Wenzhong, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to the United States, and Stavros Dimas, the European Union’s Environmental Commissioner.