Dr R K Pachauri: Works of an Inspiring Leader

Dr R K Pachauri: About the Archive

Rajendra Kumar Pachauri (20 August 1940 – 13 February 2020), universally known as Patchy, was the First Director General of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in 1981 and led the institute for more than three decades and demitted office as Executive Vice Chairman of TERI in 2016. As the Chairman of IPCC, his leadership contributed to the issue of human-caused climate change becoming recognized as a matter of vital global concern. For this, in 2007, he received the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

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2018 | Dr R K Pachauri at World Sustainable Development Forum(WSDF)
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Publications

Addressing Sustainable Development Goals and Tackling Climate Change: Scientific Realities and Options

Rajendra K Pachauri | 2016 | Source: Eruditio: e- journal of the World Academy of Art and Science, Vol. 2 (2 ): 7-17p.

The paper traces the history of the global dialogue on sustainable development including the outcome of the historic Rio Summit of 1992. It identifies climate change as a driver of and an important part of the unsustainable record of development p...

Climate change and agriculture in the Fifth Assessment Report

Rajendra K Pachauri | 2014 | Source: Agriculture for Development, No. 22: 4-7p.

The key findings of the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) with regard to agriculture are presented. The impacts of climate change on marine fisheries and agricultural crops are described. These are found to be negative at the global aggregate&#160...

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Dr R K Pachauri: the crusader against climate change

2022

Yateendra Joshi, P K Jayanthan, Vibha Dhawan, Amit Kumar, Rakesh Kacker (Ed.)

Dr R K Pachauri: the crusader against climate change is neither an assessment of his life and work nor a compilation of expressions of good wishes.

Energy, Environment and Climate Change (AGU Advanced Textbooks)

2019

Rajendra K Pachauri

A novel textbook that answers the growing need for understanding how energy supply and consumption are linked with human welfare as well as economic growth and development.

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Replace GDP as a count

CMYK Printech Ltd | 2019 | Source: The Pioneer

GDP as a measure of human well-being and progress is flawed. A new set of metrics that can be implemented across the world is the need of the hour

The great wall of nature

CMYK Printech Ltd | 2019 | Source: The Pioneer

The proposal for a 1,400km-long green corridor along the Aravalli range, which is still in the planning stage, is a remarkable step forward in greening the country

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Convocation address at the IIM Calcutta

Rajendra K Pachauri | April 18, 2013 | Source: TERI Intranet

I was the Chief Guest at the 48th Annual Convocation of the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, and I thought I would share some parts of my Convocation address with colleagues in TERI becaus...

Communications as an instrument of change

Rajendra K Pachauri | March 15, 2013 | Source: TERI Intranet

I believe one of the more important reports brought out by the IPCC is the one that we released in 2011 on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (S...

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Foreword

Rajendra K Pachauri | 2019

Source: Renewable Energy Engineering And Technology Principles and Practice: 890p., Authored By V V N Kishore

Renewable Energy Engineering And Technology Principles and Practice - covers major renewable energy resources and technologies for various applications.

Rajendra K Pachauri | 2015

Source: Reforms in drinking water and sanitation: 82p Authored By Kaushik Deb

With governments unable to cope with increasing demands for drinking water and sanitation services, private investment and community initiatives are needed to augment their efforts.

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