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Report by Santanu Ganguly, New Delhi: The award is the highest decoration awarded by Mexico to foreigners for their contributions to the Mexican nation or to the humankind, in compliance with the civil awards act and the mandate of the specially appointed council.
Dr. R K Pachauri, Director General of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), has been conferred the Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle by Mexican President Felipe Calderon during the G20 Summit in Los Cabos.
This award was presented to Dr. Pachauri during the closing ceremony of the seminar “Innovative Thinking for Global Challenges: Constructing the G-20 Agenda for the future”
Expressing his sincere gratitude after receiving the honour, Dr. Pachauri said “I feel deeply honoured at this privilege granted to me by President Calderon, a leader whose statesmanship is an inspiration and powerful; message for leaders across the world. I dedicate this honour to the causes I work for and for the benefit of the world’s poor who are very vulnerable to the impacts of climate change”.
Dr. Pachauri has helped Mexico ensure the link between economic growth and sustainable development. He also advised Mexico as chair of the Cancún Conferences on Climate Change.
Dr. Pachauri was honoured along with Margaret Chan, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Robert Zeollick, president of the World Bank, and Nicholas Stern, President of Britain’s Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment.
Dr. Pachauri’s firm belief that its research and findings must result in implementation to improve the human condition and working towards a solution oriented change agent undertaking need-responsive research, opinion creation and capacity building has earned him various national and international accolodes in the past as well. He has been conferred with the “Padma Vibhushan”, second highest civilian award, for his services in the field of science and engineering in January 2008 by the President of India and received the 'Officier De La Légion D'Honneur' from the Government of France in 2006. He has also been conferred with ‘The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star' by His Majesty Akihito, Emperor of Japan, the ‘Commander of the Order of the White Rose of Finland' by the Prime Minister of Finland and the ‘Commander of the Order of Leopold II' by the King of the Belgians. In April 2002, Dr Pachauri was elected the Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, as position to which he was re-elected in September 2008. IPCC along with former Vice President Al Gore was awarded the “Nobel Peace Prize” for the year 2007.
The other recipients of the award, Dr. Margaret Chan, helped Mexico and the world during the emergency caused by the A/H1N1 influenza virus, since she established an exceptional degree of cooperation during the most critical moments of the pandemic. Lord Stern has helped orient Mexico’s strategy for promoting growth with lower levels of greenhouse gas emissions. Dr. Robert Zoellik promoted collective global actions in issues such as climate change, trade, agriculture, food security, energy, water, health, the reinforcement of good government and the fight against corruption, among other issues.
The ceremony was attended by various dignitaries, former and current head of Governement, Nobel laureates, writers and singers.
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) was established in 1974. A dynamic and flexible organization, activities in TERI ranges from microbiology to global climate change, from smoke-filled rural kitchens to plush corporate boardrooms, from schoolchildren to heads of state—no sphere of human endeavour is unfamiliar to TERI. The organization works on formulating local and national level strategies to suggesting global solutions to critical energy and environment-related issues. Headed by world-renowned economist Dr. R K Pachauri also head of the Nobel Prize winning UN Climate panel IPCC, TERI is best described as an independent, not-for-profit research institute focused on energy, environment, and sustainable development and devoted to efficient and sustainable use of natural resources. TERI is headquartered in New Delhi and has established regional offices in Mumbai, Bangalore, Goa, Guwahati and Mukhteshwer in the Himalaya’s and International centers in Japan, Malaysia, the United Arab Emirates, Washington DC, and London.
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