I can not say that I was surprised when the editors informed me that they would not be sending it out for review because «we are not persuaded that your article represents
a sufficiently substantial contribution to the «climate change debate» [my quotation marks] to justify publication in the journal».
(i) Made a
substantial contribution to the concept or design of the work; or acquisition, analysis or interpretation of data, (ii) Drafted the article or revised it critically for important intellectual content, (iii) Approved the version to be published, (iv) Each author should have participated
sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for appropriate portions of the content.