Yes the science was settled, well the direction we needed to go in (decarbonisation) was clear, just not the speed or extent - there were bigger error bars. As

Yes the science was settled, well the direction we needed to go in (decarbonisation) was clear, just not the speed or extent - there were bigger error bars. As figure 1 in the link shows, things went the other way. The NYT published a good history of how settled the science was, but I'm going to link to a response to it: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/08/nyt-mag-nathaniel-rich-climate-change/566525/ https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/08/nyt-mag-...