NEW DELHI — An Indian court has ruled there is enough evidence to send former U.N. climate chief Rajendra Pachauri to trial on charges of stalking and sexual harassment in a case filed by a former female colleague in New Delhi. Police registered the case against Pachauri after the 29-year-old female colleague accused him three years ago of sexual harassment, stalking and criminal intimidation. He has denied the allegations, but resigned from both the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and TERI after the woman’s accusations were made public. Apart from the police investigation, TERI’s internal complaints committee examined the evidence presented by the woman, questioned some other employees and concluded that the allegations of sexual harassment were valid. Pachauri had chaired the U.N. climate panel — considered the world’s authority on climate science — and accepted the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize on its behalf.

Source: National Post September 15, 2018 02:55 UTC