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The head of the United Nations climate change panel (IPCC), Rajendra Pachauri, has stepped down amid sexual harassment allegations. | |
A spokesman for Mr Pachauri informed the IPCC that he resigned from his position with immediate effect. | |
Indian police are investigating a complaint from a 29-year-old woman working in Mr Pachauri's office in Delhi. | |
Mr Pachauri has denied the allegations. | |
Lawyers for the woman say the harassment included unwanted emails as well as text and phone messages. | |
On Monday, the 74-year-old had pulled out of a high-level IPCC meeting in Kenya because of "issues demanding his attention in India", as an IPCC spokesman put it. | |
The IPCC has since confirmed that the meeting will instead be chaired by its vice-president Ismail El Gizouli. | |
Mr Pachauri had chaired the IPCC since 2002. It has taken the lead in the scientific assessment of the risks and causes of climate change. | |
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