Jonathan Renouf, best known as the man behind the Climate Wars programme, is being highlighted in a posting on Tom Nelson's blog. Renouf is telling Keith Briffa what he is required to do in an interview that is to be recorded.
Your essential job is to "prove" to Paul that what we're experiencing now is NOT just another of those natural fluctuations we've seen in the past. The hockey stick curve is a crucial piece of evidence because it shows how abnormal the present period is - the present warming is unprecedented in speed and amplitude, something like that. This is a very big moment in the film when Paul is finally convinced of the reality of man made global warming.
The failure of the BBC Trust to investigate the allegations arising out of Climategate is beginning to look indefensible. The problem is that the head of the Trust, Alison Hastings, has already been involved in an investigation into the BBC's climate change coverage. This cleared BBC management and Roger Harrabin of any wrongdoing over the Cambridge Media and Environment Programme, essentially on the word of, well, BBC management and Roger Harrabin. She is therefore completely compromised.
I predict that the Trust will try to ignore these new allegations.
(Postscript: anyone else notice the name of the person who was hattipped over at Tom Nelson's for highlighting the story?)