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'We've Created A Sense Of Urgency'

Shortly after the Nobel Peace Prize was announced for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that he heads, R.K. Pachauri met <i >Outlook</i> in New Delhi.

What if the IPCC had not been around?
Has it really shifted the goalposts?
Key being the confirmation that human acts cause climate change?
What have you brought to the table?
Gore was very critical of your having won the IPCC election. Is it just the Nobel that has brought you together?
What led to the healing?
Some say Gore and IPCC need each other: he needs your science, you need his advocacy and passion?
Do you need his advocacy?
You have many admirers, but also critics. One criticism is that you have not been proactive in looking for constructive solutions, going beyond the impasse between developing countries and the West.
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