As IPCC Pachauri Is Pushed to Disclose Deutsche Bank Payments, UK Libel Tourism Ignored

UNITED NATIONS, August 30 -- Faced with a recommendation that the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change finally institute financial disclosure of conflicts of interest, IPCC chairman Rajendra Pachauri belatedly told the Press on Monday that he now supports such disclosure, which he had resisted for months.

The report of the InterAcademy Council, delivered Monday to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, notes Pachauri's “service as an adviser to, and board member for, for-profit energy companies.” Beyond those, Inner City Press had asked Pachauri and Ban Ki-moon about how much Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank and others were paying for Pachauri's services, to whom and for what -- neither provided answers.