Climate Change Expert Rajendra Pachauri to Visit DR and Collaborate with Environment Ministry

Climate Change Expert Rajendra Pachauri to Visit DR and Collaborate with Environment Ministry

Well known climate change expert Rajendra Pachauri will spend time in the country working with the Ministry of Environment on the protection and preservation of natural resources in the Dominican Republic.

Responding to an invitation from Dominican President Leonel Fernández, Mr. Pachauri, who is also the Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change of the United Nations (UN), showed great interest in working with the government in its search for solutions to environmental problems…

Responding to an invitation from Dominican President Leonel Fernández, Mr. Pachauri, who is also the Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change of the United Nations (UN), showed great interest in working with the government in its search for solutions to environmental problems, according to the President’s Office of Information, Press and Publicity.

While attending the opening plenary session of the UN General Assembly, President Fernández and Mr. Pachauri discussed how global climate change has impacted the environment. Their hour-long meeting included Presidential Secretary César Pina Toribio; Environment Minister Jaime David Fernández Mirabal; Omar Ramírez, Director of the President’s Office on Climate Change and Dominican Ambassador to the UN, Federico Cuello.

In 1999 Pachauri was appointed Director of the Board of Directors of the Indian Oil Corporation in his native India until 2003. He was the manager of the National Power Corporation, LTD and recipient of the prestigious Padma Bhushan award given by the Indian government. The French government has recognized Pachauri as a member of the Legion of Honor. In 2007, former US Vice President Al Gore and Pachauri shared the Nobel Peace Prize.

On Tuesday, President Fernández participated in the inaugural session of the United Nations Summit on Climate Change in which UN Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon, called on member countries to support the upcoming Copenhagen Summit.

The UN Secretary General said all countries should commit to the success of the Copenhagen Summit where experts and world leaders will negotiate a new international climate change protocol for 2012 which will replace Kyoto.

Others in attendance at the opening session of the Climate Change session included French President Nicolas Sarkozy; President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame; Chinese President, Hu Jintao and Costa Rican President, Oscar Arias..