Review panel suggests leadership reforms in IPCC

The review,carried out by the Inter Academy Council IAC an association of science academies of a number of countries was ordered by UN Secretary General Ban ki Moon and Pachauri in the wake of the emergence of a number of embarrassing errors in IPCCs fourth assessment report on climate change that came out in 2007. These errors included a blunder on the state of Himalayan glaciers,which one of the statements in the report claimed would disappear by 2035.

The errors had led to calls of resignation of Pachauri,who,many argued,was not suitably qualified to lead a climate panel. Pachauri is into his second term and has in the past been accused of having a conflict of interest since he also runs the Delhi-based TERI,which provides climate solutions and consultancy. However,a London newspaper which made wild allegations against Pachauri earlier this year apologised last week saying its report was erroneous.

The IAC report submitted to Ban ki Moon on Monday suggested changes in the IPCC management structure.

8230;the IPCC needs to fundamentally reform its management structure and strengthen its procedures to handle ever larger and increasingly complex climate assessments as well as the more intense public scrutiny, says a summary report put on the IAC website.