[From climate fraudster] R K Pachauri's Blog: [Could this guy be motivated more by his ideology than by his allegedly pure belief that CO2 is a dangerous pollutant?]

I believe there is need for a halt to the relentless pursuit of only material things and for human beings to consider where it is that we should draw the line between hankering after materialistic goals and what is considered as success in today’s world and where it is that one looks for deeper forms of joy and happiness. In this context what Franklin D. Roosevelt said as quoted by Daniel Gilbert is extremely pertinent. He urged Americans to remember that “Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money” and to recognize “the falsity of material wealth as the standard of success.”
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A change in mindsets and values, I believe, is long overdue, and the right place to start would be at the level of schools, such that the schoolchildren of today do not emulate blindly what recent generations before them have done. There is, of course, also a need for reorienting the mindsets of adults, so that ethics play a larger role in economic decision making and moral standards are raised higher in public life. All this may seem like a tall order, but it is entirely possible that with a confluence of the current economic downturn, growing concerns about climate change and widening disparities between rich and poor, we may just become collectively conscious of changes that are needed to be brought about. It may, therefore, happen that the biggest benefit of the current downturn would emerge as a more environmentally conscious society and a happier population of young and old across the planet.

Oct '07: Pachauri buries Gore feud after Nobel | Top News | Reuters

Gore denounced Pachauri in an article in the New York Times in 2002 as "the 'let's drag our feet' candidate" to head the IPCC known for "virulent anti-American statements" that Gore said could undermine the IPCC's authority in the United States.