South Korean Economist Selected as New Head of UN Climate Panel
- Hoesung Lee will oversee next stage of IPCC's undertakings
- Election comes ahead of global climate talks later this year
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South Korean economist Hoesung Lee has been elected the new head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the United Nations body responsible for assessing climate science.
Lee, 69, will replace Vice Chairman Ismail El Gizouli from Sudan who held the role as interim chairman following the resignation of Rajendra Pachauri in February amid allegations he sexually harassed a colleague at New Delhi-based The Energy and Resources Institute of which he is the director general.