In 2009, the Indian environment ministry was accused of ‘arrogance’ by Rajendra Pachauri, Chairman of the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), after the release of a government report claiming that there is no evidence climate change has caused ‘abnormal’ shrinking of Himalayan glaciers.
Dr Vijay Kumar Raina, the geologist who authored the report, admitted that some: ‘Himalayan glaciers are retreating. But it is nothing out of the ordinary. Nothing to suggest as some have said that they will disappear.’ The response of Pachauri, a railway engineer often described as a leading climate scientist, was this:
We have a very clear idea of what is happening. I don’t know why the minister is supporting this unsubstantiated research. It is an extremely arrogant statement.
Pachauri went on to say that such statements were reminiscent of ‘climate change deniers and school boy science’, adding this money quote:
I cannot see what the minister’s motives are. We do need more extensive measurement of the Himalayan range but it is clear from satellite pictures what is happening.
He also went on record describing the Indian government report as ‘voodoo science’. In light of this, one wonders how Pachy is feeling right now given the publication of scientific research using satellite data that shows there hasn’t been any melt of those glaciers at all in the last 10 years. One also wonders, considering this new evidence, just what satellite pictures Pachauri and friends had been looking at. He certainly seems to be the school boy after this.
It would appear that what is retreating at record speed is not the glaciers in the Himalayan range, but the last shreds of Rajendra Pachauri’s shattered credibility. The excellent cartoonist, Josh, captures the moment in his own inimitable style over at Bishop Hill…
Now let’s see if any of the British MPs who are jumping up and down about wind power subsidies have the gumption to challenge the government to distance itself from the IPCC and Rajendra Pachauri for being completely unreliable and discredited.
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Our ‘leaders’ have not an ounce/gramme of gumption between them.
The bandwagon is too well supported around the globe.
“Now let’s see if any of the British MPs who are jumping up and down about wind power subsidies have the gumption to challenge the government to distance itself from the IPCC and Rajendra Pachauri for being completely unreliable and discredited.”
I doubt it if they want a long career in politics. Remember Samantha’s father get shedloads of taxpayers’ money for allowing windmills to be built on his land. Mrs Cameron will probably tell David to put them back in their box, or get them deselected.