Jones became a marked man (Image: Chris Bourchier/Rex Features)

Editorial: End dirty tactics in the climate war

With inquiries into the affair now complete, Phil Jones reflects on his bruising experiences at the centre of the storm

UNTIL late November 2009, Phil Jones was just another successful scientist – director of the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia, UK, and respected by his peers, but hardly a public figure. That changed abruptly when a selection of emails spanning more than a decade were hacked from the CRU and placed on a public server.

The Copenhagen climate negotiations were …