Solar cycle is to hotter sun like climate change is to global warming. Not a perfect analogy, but helps with the gist.
Do scientists think that changes in solar irradiance due to the 11-year solar cycle could be strong enough to cause the current change being measured in Earth's climate?
In a word, no.
Scientists agree that the solar cycle and its associated short-term changes in irradiance cannot be the main force driving the changes in Earth's climate we are currently seeing.
For one thing, the Sun's energy output only changes by up to 0.15% over the course of the cycle, less than what would be needed to force the change in climate that we see.
Also, scientists have not been able to find convincing evidence that the 11-yr cycle is mirrored in any aspects of the climate beyond the stratosphere – such as surface temperature, rainfall or wind patterns.
The cycle is a regular small flucuation in total energy with relatively little change in the part of the spectrum that comes all the way through the atmosphere to heat up the land and water .. ibcreasing insulation trapping that heat has been the driver of climate change here.
If you read the linked article or any related science article the focus is on the geomagnetic surges caused by the changes in the suns field.
Using that as a term to imply consensus is bad science communication and just fuels climate change denial.
Meh. They have also found the solar cycle less surprising for some time.