Embattled IPCC chief R K Pachauri today found support in UN's climate chief Yvo de Boer who said holding him responsible for the goof up in the world body's report on Himalayan glaciers would be "senseless".
Equating Pachauri with a "tall tree which collects a lot of winds," Boer, the executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change said, "he (Pachauri) is a very respected international scientist and is leading the IPCC in a very dedicated way."
The IPCC received the Nobel Peace prize not for its last report, but all the work that has been done by the scientific community, Boer told reporters when asked if Pachauri should resign in the wake of controversy over report on Himalayan glaciers.
"I hope he does not (resign). I think that asking him to take responsibility for a single mistake which he has recognised by abandoning it from the report in question would be senseless," Boer added.
Praising Pachauri, Boer said "there is a saying, tall trees collect a lot of wind....Well Pachauri is tall tree".
Pachauri, who is under attack from various quarters over the IPCC's 2007 report on Himalayan glaciers, has already ruled out his resignation saying that the mistake was "unfortunate" and he would go ahead to complete the Fifth IPCC Assessment Report.