The Times is quoting John Sauven, director of Greenpeace UK, as calling for the resignation of the controversial IPCC head Dr. Rajendra Pachauri.
To have such an influential figure within even the environmental lobby calling for Pachauri to go surely makes his position fatally untenable.
Sauven tells the newspaper: "The IPCC needs to regain credibility. Is that going to happen with Pachauri? I don’t think so. We need someone held in high regard who has extremely good judgment and is seen by the global public as someone on their side. If we get a new person in with an open mind, prepared to fundamentally review how the IPCC works, we would regain confidence in the organisation."
What's interesting about the comments of the Greenpeace UK boss is the recognition that we, the people and our opinions are important. The call for someone with an "open mind" to replace Pachauri seems to suggest a recognition that the public must be allowed to decide their own opinions rather than being beaten with a metaphorical stick - hounded, insulted and taxed into oblivion.
Whoever replaces Pachauri - in our opinion - should be completely free of business links which are in any way related to the subject area. They should also seek to encourage the sharing of contrasting views.
Interesting call from the guy from Greenpeace.
While he's at it, this blogger reckons he should call for Ed Miliband's resignation, too. As far as we're concerned, the two are as bad as each other. Pachauri isn't credible.
And one only has to read comments from members of the public on most mainstream media forums in the UK to see that Ed Miliband - the Minister for Insult Hurling and all - has thrown all of his eggs into the same basket of arguments, assertions and insults as Pachauri. The two are inextricably entwined.
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The Guardian cites "another NGO, which requested anonymity" as recognising that 'public perception of climate science was damaged'. They are quoted as saying: "Pachauri is the problem. He has to go. This has set everything back years."
Oh yeah? Hate to sound all conspiracy theory, but set all WHAT exactly back by years..?
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