PM re-constitutes climate panel; CSE’s Narain, Tata out
6 Nov 2014 6:08 AM IST
TERI chairperson RK Pachauri, economist Nitin Desai and retired diplomat Chandrasekhar Dasgupta were retained by Modi as non-government members of the 18-member ‘prime minister’s Council on Climate Change’.
Both Tata and Narain were members of the high-level panel on climate change constituted by the UPA government in 2007. Asked about dropping of director general of centre for science and environment (CSE) Narain from the re-constituted panel, environment ministry officials said there is a provision in the notification that the chairman can invite any other minister/officer/expert to any meeting of the committee depending upon the context of the meeting.
When contacted, CSE did not comment on the dropping of its head but assured that it will continue to cooperate with the government on climate issues.
Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, had come under attack from various quarters over the IPCC’s 2007 report that said the glaciers in the Himalayas will disappear by 2035 due to global warming. But the TERI head had maintained the mistake was ‘unfortunate’.
Both Tata and Narain were members of the high-level panel on climate change constituted by the UPA government in 2007. Asked about dropping of director general of centre for science and environment (CSE) Narain from the re-constituted panel, environment ministry officials said there is a provision in the notification that the chairman can invite any other minister/officer/expert to any meeting of the committee depending upon the context of the meeting.
When contacted, CSE did not comment on the dropping of its head but assured that it will continue to cooperate with the government on climate issues.
Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, had come under attack from various quarters over the IPCC’s 2007 report that said the glaciers in the Himalayas will disappear by 2035 due to global warming. But the TERI head had maintained the mistake was ‘unfortunate’.
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