Non-Quote of the week – what the IPCC didn't say about Pachauri's looming sex scandal

NQOTWAs more allegations come forward from other women, it looks as if the railway engineer turned fake Nobel Laureate is about to have a train wreck far beyond his resignation from the IPCC. Nonplussed, the IPCC goes into bunker mode and treats Patchy’s pants issue as if it didn’t exist at all. Even some veteran climate reporters who have reported on the IPCC in the past are now raising eyebrows:

jonathan_leake IPCC-sex-a-scandal-PRThe press release is here: http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/ar5/P41_acting_chair.pdf

Good luck with the Streisand Effect, chumps.

Patchy’s resignation letter is a real hoot: http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/ar5/150224_Patchy_letter.pdf

Donna LaFramboise writes of it:

Today, he finally exited the stage. In true Pachauri fashion, his resignation letter is a two-page love letter to himself. You wouldn’t know that recent allegations of sexual assault, stalking, harassment, and uttering threats suggest strongly that he is a longtime sexual predator.

Meanwhile, the world awaits the inevitable mug shot and the perp walk.

 

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Dunham Cobb
February 24, 2015 9:38 am

More than just temperatures rising it would seem…

Jimbo
Reply to  Dunham Cobb
February 24, 2015 9:54 am

Pachauri cannot be allowed to disown his hockeystick. Stick it to the Mann folks – you know they’d do the same to a well known sceptic.

ShrNfr
Reply to  Jimbo
February 24, 2015 11:58 am

These sex crazed poodles will do it every time.

RWturner
Reply to  Jimbo
February 24, 2015 2:03 pm

Yeah but this is the first time they’ve been dishonest. S^2

Jimbo
February 24, 2015 9:51 am

I thought the IPCC was transparent. Even Pachauri’s organisation Terri says something on the issue of a complaint about Pachauri.

TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute)
Internal Complaints Committee
The Presiding Officer of the Internal Complaints Committee of TERI, established under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act, 2013, received a complaint on February 9, 2015 from a female colleague. After due deliberations the Committee met the complainant on February 17, 2015. The Committee then handed over a copy of the complaint to the respondent on the same day. The Committee is proceeding with its work as per laid down procedure and timelines.”
http://www.teriin.org/

ivor ward
February 24, 2015 9:51 am

Perhaps he was railroaded out?

Reply to  ivor ward
February 24, 2015 2:02 pm

You get a +1 for that!

JimBob
Reply to  ivor ward
February 24, 2015 4:27 pm

He got thrown off the gravy train.

Reply to  ivor ward
February 24, 2015 4:43 pm

Pachauri will be remembered as the veritable conductor of the climate gravy train!

ConfusedPhoton
February 24, 2015 9:53 am

Is anyone surprised? The IPCC has been hidding things and denying truths for decades.
Like the BBC and Savile, there will be the statements that no one at the IPCC knew about his behaviour.

Matt
February 24, 2015 9:58 am

Railroad engineer causes train wreck… oh-oh…

knr
February 24, 2015 10:00 am

well for once it looks like it really is ‘worse then we thought ‘

Jimbo
Reply to  knr
February 24, 2015 11:41 am

It’s worse than you think. Here is Pachauri talking about how to treat other people. He warns us not to treat our fellow human beings as cattle.

Guardian – 30 August 2010
“What is the difference between Lomborg’s view of humanity and Hitler’s? You cannot treat people like cattle. You must respect the diversity of cultures on earth. Lomborg thinks of people like numbers … if you were to accept Lomborg’s way of thinking, then maybe what Hitler did was the right thing.” Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, interview, April 2004

Robert B
Reply to  Jimbo
February 24, 2015 3:06 pm

I was about to write that some of the comments are a bit too harsh for someone that has yet to face the courts but his own comments suggest that I shouldn’t feel sorry for him.

February 24, 2015 10:05 am

Pachaur’s lawyer sought anticipatory bail on grounds of his illness and on merits of the case.
To this, the court inquired about Pachauri’s health and asked his counsel what kind of illness does Pachauri have. Appearing for Pachauri, senior advocate Sidharth Luthra said, “We have submitted all the medical records regarding his illness which include cardiac issues and UTI.”

“UTI” is Urinary Tract Infection? No mention of dementia. At least he didn’t plead sex addiction and go into celebrity rehab.
As one commenter observed:

As his health is so poor , he should resign from all international committees immediately and stop the hectic travel schedule he followed so far! Take full rest either in a nursing home or in custody!

I am unfamiliar with Indian law, but in general such charges are known as Sexual Harassment of Employee Allegations, and go by the acronym “SHEA”. There are of course different levels or gradations to such allegations, which can be quite numerous and difficult to remember.
Reportedly Pachauri is negotiating a deal with the court to avoid a trial. It would involve appearing in a public service campaign to warn people about the intricacies of Indian sexual harassment law (among other things reminding them that “harass” is one word rather than two). The campaign is tentatively titled “50 Grades of SHEA”.

Stuart Elliot
Reply to  Alan Watt, Climate Denialist Level 7
February 24, 2015 10:15 am

Well played, Mr. Watt.

Jimbo
Reply to  Stuart Elliot
February 24, 2015 10:24 am

Cardiac issues! I thought his vegetarian diet was best. He did tell us in 2008 to eat less meateat less meat in order to save the planet from overheating.

Reply to  Stuart Elliot
February 24, 2015 10:34 am

Jimbo: I think “cardiac issues” is a typo or misprint. What counsel meant to say is the Pachauri has “Cadillac issues” which is a well recognized allergy to anything less than first class accommodations. Fellow sufferers include Al Gore, Leonardo DiCaprio and of course the entire US First Family.

Jimbo
Reply to  Stuart Elliot
February 24, 2015 10:51 am

It looks like India’s ‘penal code’ is hardening against this sort of thing (no pun intended).

The Delhi police have booked Pachauri, 74, under charges pertaining to molestation, stalking and sexual harassment (Sections 354, 354A and 354D of the Indian Penal Code).
India’s Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2012 under Section 354 came into force in 2013.
Every employer is required to constitute an Internal Complaints Committee at each office or branch with 10 or more employees. Failure can invite punishments.
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ipcc-head-rajendra-pachauri-faces-sexual-harassment-charges-filed-by-colleague-1489038

Jimbo
Reply to  Alan Watt, Climate Denialist Level 7
February 24, 2015 10:18 am

Matters could reach a catastrophic boiling point if current trends continue.

The Hindu – February 23, 2015
….However, advocate Prashant Mendiratta, appearing for the complainant, asked the court to put up the matter for hearing tomorrow.
“IO can respond by tomorrow and the medical record could be verified very easily. The allegations against the accused are very serious in nature which include groping and physical assault on the complainant,” Mr. Mendiratta said. …..

Harry Passfield
Reply to  Alan Watt, Climate Denialist Level 7
February 24, 2015 12:16 pm

UTI: I thought it was Unitary Testicular Indexation – like a certain house-painter in the 30s, he’s only got one b…. Which is probably one more than Mann.

Thinair
February 24, 2015 10:08 am

Are, perhaps, the IPCC senior staff, and/or the UN’s executive staff, also complicit in what must be a multi-decade cover up, and discarding or discounting, of complaints from many other women?
While it appears they were fast and efficient in dealing with this one complaint, it was surely the straw the broke the camel’s back.

ddpalmer
February 24, 2015 10:09 am

I found this quote from his resignation letter interesting.

For me the protection of Planet Earth, the survival of all species and sustainability of our ecosystems is more than a mission. It is my religion and my dharma.

So he admits that it is a religion?
Also does he really mean “all species”? Tapeworms? Viruses?

Byron
Reply to  ddpalmer
February 24, 2015 1:34 pm

“Also does he really mean “all species”? Tapeworms? Viruses?”
Yes , It’s out of professional courtesy for other career parasites

timg56
Reply to  Byron
February 24, 2015 1:42 pm

+100

Nylo
Reply to  Byron
February 25, 2015 1:11 am

+1000!

Resourceguy
February 24, 2015 10:11 am

With better timing he could have paid off all his accusers with carbon tax money and redistribution of wealth proceeds.

February 24, 2015 10:12 am

I wonder if this will peter out.

PeterK
Reply to  Max Photon
February 24, 2015 2:02 pm

Hey, watch it.

February 24, 2015 10:17 am

Perhaps it wasn’t a hack after all. Quelle surprise …
https://thepointman.wordpress.com/2015/02/19/the-ultimate-hack/
Pointman

Dave VanArsdale
Reply to  Pointman
February 24, 2015 2:05 pm

Thanks Pointman for the belly laughs.
I’m Going with “dirty old man”. Seems like a no brainer to me.

Robdel
Reply to  Pointman
February 24, 2015 5:24 pm

The mysterious hacking is known as the Craig Thomson defence in Australia.

sherlock1
February 24, 2015 10:18 am

Oh – suddenly he is ill….
How convenient..!

John M
February 24, 2015 10:18 am

I wonder if we’ll be seeing an investigative report in the New York times or Nature magazine examining whether Pachauri “properly disclosed” that he is a sex maniac when he was appointed to the job.
Come to think of it, UN application forms probably lack that checkbox.

G. Karst
February 24, 2015 10:26 am

Among other questions to be dealt with by this week’s Session, the Panel will consider the
recommendations of the Task Group on the Future Work of the IPCC, and take decisions on the size, structure and composition of the IPCC Bureau and any Task Force Bureau.

TFB?? Sounds like an enforcement arm of the IPCC. \sarc maybe GK

lucaturin
February 24, 2015 10:29 am

Laughable fraud. He won’t be missed.

Jimbo
February 24, 2015 10:42 am

The fact that this Indian woman is making these allegations against a relatively rich and famous man is quite something. Furthermore he has not accused her of making stuff up. I wonder whether he will claim someone hacked his hands! There is a handwritten note apparently.

Bill Marsh
Editor
February 24, 2015 10:48 am

Looks like the new boss is even more unqualified than Paruchi, if that’s possible
http://motls.blogspot.com/2015/02/ismail-el-gizouli-new-ipcc-boss.html
“This vice-chairman representing Africa is famous for this December 2013 YouTube video hit. It seems to be the only publicly available web page about this Gentleman and when I was embedding it into this blog post, it had 8 views (and 2 of them counted the electronic devices of your humble correspondent). Quite a rock star!
In this video, he shows how excellent thinker, leader, speaker, and manager he is. “My name is Ismail El Gizouli and I come from Soudan. I joined the Working Group 3 in 2002. And I was elected again in two thousand sevyn. I like the IPC. The IPC is very good. The IPC has won a Nobel prize with Al Gore. It is a good achievement. I want to look to the climate change issue. And to specific issues.””

knr
Reply to  Bill Marsh
February 24, 2015 2:11 pm

I like the IPC. The IPC is very good.
True it good for his pay book and you be amazed what you can get away with as an official of the UN , start with never paying a parking ticket fine and work your way upwards.
UN appointments are often done on the basis of ‘which countries turn is it now ‘ ability has little to do with it .

rogerknights
Reply to  Bill Marsh
February 24, 2015 10:55 pm

That quote is Dick-and-Jane-worthy.

ozspeaksup
Reply to  Bill Marsh
February 25, 2015 3:37 am

ooooh I was going to go look him up
thanks for beating me to it
well , seems hes probably OVERqualified for the job:-)

Sam The First
February 24, 2015 11:11 am

Good find dccowboy. So the IPCC has declined to be led by a serial groper, but is now led by the representative of a country which permits routine full clitorectomy on its women. You couldn’t make it up.
I had my doubts about Pachauri’s attitude to women when he published that risible ‘erotic novel’ a few years ago.

Scarface
February 24, 2015 11:20 am

The missing heat!

PiperPaul
Reply to  J. Philip Peterson
February 24, 2015 11:58 am

Is that like two cheeks of the same arse?

Rick
February 24, 2015 11:54 am

Ismail El Gizouli but you can
“Call me Ismail.”
No doubt the quest for the great beast will continue as before.

Harry Passfield
Reply to  Rick
February 24, 2015 12:22 pm

Rick – that would be Moby Dick…. Gotcha…I see where you’re going with that,

Keith
February 24, 2015 12:03 pm

Pointman.
I like your commentary – very amusing and droll, and with a serious note at the end. However, given the 2nd syllable of your nom du plume, suggesting male gender, I was surprised by your phrase “ladies of the opposite sex”. Can you get ladies of the same sex?

mebbe
Reply to  Keith
February 24, 2015 12:22 pm

In 2015 you ask that??

Reply to  mebbe
February 26, 2015 2:19 am

Ha!

James Bull
Reply to  Keith
February 25, 2015 1:02 am

You need to watch “Allo Allo” to find out all you need to know about “ladies of the opposite sex”
James Bull

graphicconception
February 24, 2015 12:11 pm

“Is that a hockey stick in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me?”

Proud Skeptic
Reply to  graphicconception
February 24, 2015 12:20 pm

Excellent.

Admad
February 24, 2015 12:33 pm

Does anybody else think it is strange that those who hold themselves up in public as having the highest principles are so often those with the lowest, basest morals?

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