A child walks through a junkyard of waste plastic bottles at Dhanas village on the outskirts of the northern Indian city of Chandigarh November 21, 2009. The chairman of the U.N.'s climate science panel Rajendra Pachauri said the gap between the United States and India on how to battle climate change has grown over the last six months in the lead up to the U.N. climate meeting in Copenhagen in December. Reuters Pictures 2 months ago

A child walks through a junkyard of waste plastic bottles at Dhanas village on the outskirts of the northern Indian city of Chandigarh November 21, 2009. The chairman of the U.N.'s climate science panel Rajendra Pachauri said the gap between the United States and India on how to battle climate change has grown over the last six months in the lead up to the U.N. climate meeting in Copenhagen in December.

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  2. Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Rajendra Pachauri, arrives for a press conference in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009. The emergence of China, India, South Africa and Brazil as a grouping was the most significant political outcome of the Copenhagen climate conference, Pachauri said Wednesday.
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  6. Head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Rajendra Pachauri speaks during a press conference in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010. Pachauri on Saturday said he would not resign from the U.N. expert panel following discovery of errors in a report that suggests that glaciers in the Himalayas could melt away by the year 2035.
  7. Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, wearing a traditional tikka or a red mark on the forehead, looks on during his meeting with Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), in New Delhi December 28, 2009. Hatoyama, who has promised to forge a new place for east Asia in international diplomacy, opened three days of talks in India on Monday focusing on engineering a further thaw in relations and boosting trade.
  8. Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, wearing a traditional tikka or a red mark on the forehead, looks on during his meeting with Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), in New Delhi December 28, 2009. Hatoyama, who has promised to forge a new place for east Asia in international diplomacy, opened three days of talks in India on Monday focusing on engineering a further thaw in relations and boosting trade.
  9. Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) shakes hands with Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), before their meeting in New Delhi December 28, 2009. Hatoyama, who has promised to forge a new place for east Asia in international diplomacy, opened three days of talks in India on Monday focusing on engineering a further thaw in relations and boosting trade.
  10. Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) shakes hands with Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), before their meeting in New Delhi December 28, 2009. Hatoyama, who has promised to forge a new place for east Asia in international diplomacy, opened three days of talks in India on Monday focusing on engineering a further thaw in relations and boosting trade.
  11. Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Rajendra Pachauri, speaks at a press conference in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009. The emergence of China, India, South Africa and Brazil as a grouping was the most significant political outcome of the Copenhagen climate conference, Pachauri said Wednesday.
  12. Rajendra Pachauri, head of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on climate Change (IPCC), stands outside the conference centre of the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 in Copenhagen December 16, 2009.
  13. Rajendra Pachauri, head of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) speaks to media at the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 in Copenhagen December 16, 2009.
  14. Rajendra Pachauri (R), head of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Gro Harlem Brundtland, United Nations Special Envoy on Climate Change speak to media at the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 in Copenhagen December 16, 2009.
  15. Rajendra K. Pachauri, chairman of the "Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change" speaks to youth organizations at the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen on Monday, Dec. 14, 2009.
  16. Rajendra K. Pachauri, chairman of the "Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change" speaks to youth organizations at the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen on Monday, Dec. 14, 2009.

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