Although I would not dispute the need for the four qualities you put forward, the words you use to explain them in thisarticlesuggests to me a cold astute clinical clever person who has identified the factors of a successful formula and applies it rigorously in a process way to people and things.
Thissuggests the Down to Earth article was itself a source for the IPCC, though Murari Lal, a retired Indian academic, now a consultant, who was one of the four co-ordinating lead authors of the chapter, says this was not the case.
An article by Charles Lane which appeared this spring in the New Republic suggests that this is but one of many instances in the career of a risk-averse officer with a tendency to do the "politically correct" thing.
This display of apparent naivety, together with the article's condescending, sneering style suggests that Naomi Klein is not the only one with some growing up to do.