NPR.org » Report: Climate Science Panel Needs Change At Top

Scientists reviewing the acclaimed but beleaguered international climate change panel called Monday for major changes in the way it's run, but stopped short of calling for the ouster of the current leader.

The independent review of the UN climate change panel puts new pressure on panel chairman Rajendra Pachauri, who has been criticized for possible conflicts of interest, but shows no sign of stepping down.

"It's hard to see how the United Nations can both follow the advice of this committee and keep Rajendra Pachauri on board as head," said Roger Pielke Jr., a frequent critic of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The professor at University of Colorado praised the review findings as a way of saving the climate panel with "tough love."

Rajendra Pachauri: profile of IPCC chairman - Telegraph

The former railway engineer was first pushed into the limelight when it emerged that a groundbreaking report by the IPCC in 2007, that made the case for man made global warming, contained an error.
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The latest report into the IPCC does not look at individuals. But it does recommend that the chairman of the IPCC should be a professional full time positions and the person chosen should serve only one six-year-term at a time. It also called for checks on conflicts of interest by board members.