According to WUWT (archived here), Tom Fuller, who wanders around different blogs from time to time spouting nonsense and making a general nuisance of himself, has set up a petition for President Obama to nominate Judith Curry as next Chair of the IPCC.
David Malakoff in Science, has listed the people in the running for the job as:
- Jean-Pascal van Ypersele Université catholique de Louvain Earth and Life Institute (ELI) in Belgium, current IPCC Vice-Chair
- Hoesung Lee of Korea University Graduate School of Energy & Environment, current IPCC Vice-Chair
- Thomas Stocker from the University of Bern, Switzerland, co-Chair of Working Group I
- Christopher Field from Stanford University, USA, co-Chair of Working Group II
- Ottmar Edenhofer of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany, Co-Chair of Working Group III.
- Nebojsa Nakicenovic of the Vienna University of Technology, lead author.
