Telegraph: Writing in The Daily Telegraph, the former chief scientist said the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has tried too hard to achieve “consensus science” around the risks of floods, droughts and extreme weather events. He said this led to the ‘climategate’ scandal at the University of East Anglia and accusations scientist tried to block external challenges to their work. It also led to “glaciergate”, where the IPCC mistakenly claimed the Himalayas would melt by …