“Peter A. Stott is a climate scientist and Manager of Understanding and Attributing Climate Change at the UK Met Office Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research in Exeter, U.K.[1]
He was a lead author of the IPCC WG I report, chapter 9, for the AR4 released in 2007.”
The whole mess stinks to me - between those who have committed themselves to their hand and have gone “all-in” and those waiting for the next flop, the size of the winning pot is the most important thing.
FWIW - they’re all the same people, and their progeny, that were so badly humiliated during and after the last great “coming ice age” panic.
They never go away, they just waste everyones time (and boatloads of money) coming up with the “next great panic”