“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.”  Rajendra Pachauri, Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, quoted his countryman, Mahatma Gandhi, in welcoming the delegates to the final session of the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) cycle.  The IPCC counts among its victories, certainly, winning a share of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. Continue reading →