Rajendra Pachauri to speak at UNSW on Thursday

By tlambert on October 20, 2008.

2008 Wallace Wurth Memorial Lecture:

Dr Rajendra Pachauri, Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), will deliver the 2008 Wallace Wurth Memorial Lecture in UNSW's John Niland Scientia Building on Thursday 23 October at 7:30pm.

Dr Pachaui's lecture is entitled Our Vulnerable Earth - Climate Change, the IPCC and the role of Generation Green. He will also receive an Honorary Doctorate of Science from the University in recognition of his eminent service to the community. ...

The lecture series is named after Wallace Charles Wurth, the University's first Chancellor. Previous speakers have included Sir Robert Menzies, the Dalai Lama, Noam Chomsky, Gerry Adams, Jose Ramos-Horta, Gareth Evans and James Wolfensohn.

Update: Video:

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I see that Michael Duffy has written a piece that Anthony Watts has picked up and run with for all he's worth.

Has anyone any idea what Dr Pachauri actually said and what graph he used?

I've embedded the video -- the bit that Duffy is misrepresenting is about 17 minutes in.

Thanks Tim.

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