Dr. R. K. Pachauri - 1940-2020
Our distinguished Honorable Member Dr. R. K. Pachauri past away on Thursday, February 13th, 2020, at his home in New Delhi., India He was 79.
Nitin Desai, Chairman of the Energy and Resources Institute in India, said in a statement that Dr. Pachauri’s leadership of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) “laid the ground for climate change conversations today.”
Dr. Pachauri was chairman of the IPCC from 2002 to 2015. In 2007, the Norwegian Nobel Committee jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to the group and former Vice President Al Gore “for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change.”
Dr. Pachauri visited "Gamle Logen" in Oslo on two occasions, the first time in January 2008 where he presented the 4th assesment report of the IPCC and the second time in November 2014 where he presented IPCC's 5th assesment report. Both events were arranged by Oslo Vest Rotary Klubb (in 2008 named Skøyen Rotary Klubb).
OVRK received the following email from the Office of the President of the World Sustainable Development Forum (whose President was the late Dr. Pacahuri) on Thursday, March 5th 2020:
"From: RK Pachauri
Date: 5. mars 2020 kl. 15:05:41 CET
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Subject: WSDF 2020 - Live streaming
Dear Friends of the WSDF and POP Movement,
As you are aware, the Second World Sustainable Development Forum is being held during March 5 – 7, 2020 in Durango, Mexico.
We have made arrangements for live streaming of the Forum for the benefit of those who are not able to attend it in person. A link for live stream is provided below through which you would be able to watch the proceedings of the Forum on all the three days.
Date: 5. mars 2020 kl. 15:05:41 CET
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Subject: WSDF 2020 - Live streaming
Dear Friends of the WSDF and POP Movement,
As you are aware, the Second World Sustainable Development Forum is being held during March 5 – 7, 2020 in Durango, Mexico.
We have made arrangements for live streaming of the Forum for the benefit of those who are not able to attend it in person. A link for live stream is provided below through which you would be able to watch the proceedings of the Forum on all the three days.
https://worldsdf.org/durango-2020/live-streaming/
With kind regards,
Office of the President, WSDF "
PS: Some notable obituaries - New
York Times, The
Washington Post, The
Guardian, IPCC
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