Ques: Newly elected Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Hoesung Lee belongs to-
(a) Japan
(b) China
(c) South Korea
(d) Philippines
Ans: c
Related facts:
- October 6, 2015, the South Korean economist Hoesung Lee was elected chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
- Hoesung Lee was elected by 78 votes to 56 in a run-off with Jean-Pascalvan Ypersele.
- The election took place in Dubrovnik, Croatia, where the IPCC was holding its 42nd session.
- Lee, aged 69, is professor in the economics of climate change, energy and sustainable development at Korea University’s Graduate School of Energy and Environment in the Republic of Korea.
- He is currently one of the IPCC’s three vice-chairs.
- The IPCC was awarded with Nobel Peace Prize “for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change.”
- Lee have advocated to opening IPCC for the experts worldwide.
- IPCC have intensively scientists from Europe and North America.
- Lee expressed his opinion for involvement of women scientists in the organization.
Reference:
http://ipcc.ch/news_and_events/docs/ipcc42/151006_election_of_new_chair.pdf