By: Radhakrishna N S
An Indian court has ordered the trial of sexual harassment charges against one of world’s leading climate change experts, Rajendra K Pachauri, his lawyer said on Saturday (20). The 78-year-old Pachauri, who had previously chaired the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, had stepped down from the panel in 2015 following a sexual harassment complaint by a researcher at Pachauri’s Delhi-based The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). Pachauri denies the charges and has sought a speedy trial due to his old age, his counsel Ashish Dikshit told Reuters. Pachauri is accused of making physical advances, wrongful restraint, sending unwanted…
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