Nobel Prize winner slams climate efforts

Swissinfo.ch, January 24, 2008

Image caption: Indian scientist Rajendra K. Pachauri wants to raise environmental awareness (Keystone)

The Indian president of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) gives swissinfo the full force of his opinions at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

Last year the IPCC was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, along with co-recipient Al Gore, former vice-president of the United States.

The WEF has returned once again to the question of climate change, which has now become an topic of everyday conversation. This year it is focusing on water.

But is the situation any better on land? For Pachauri, most of the work still remains to be done.

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