Noted environmentalist and head of Nobel-winning Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change, R K Pachauri, was on Thursday named “Newsmaker of the Year” by reputed journal Nature.

The IPCC shared this year’s Nobel Peace prize with former US Vice President Al Gore. Earlier this year, IPCC published its Fourth Assessment Report to guide policymakers about global warming and its impacts. “Producing that set of reports was the work of hundreds of scientists, all of whom deserve honour — and all of whom were honoured with the award of the Nobel Peace Prize on December 10,” said Nature. “But a particular burden fell on the chair, and in that capacity Pachauri worked ceaselessly, and sometimes sleeplessly, to create compromise where necessary while refusing to dilute the key messages from the academic community he serves,” the magazine said.

While receiving the Nobel Prize, Pachauri had warned that continued negligence of world’s heritage and natural resources could prove “extremely harmful”.