over 30,000 US scientists have also petitioned that climate change is a natural phenomenon and that carbon dioxide emissions are not a significant factor. [8] Amongst the many claims made to discredit scientists or groups within the climate change debate, the most pronounced appears to be the IPCC’s own admission that their incorrect prediction of the Himalayan glaciers melting by 2035 was not based on scientific research. [9] This fuelled concerns about the background of the IPCC, which is a political, non-scientific and opinion-based branch of the United Nations with a restricted brief of investigation. [10] The misunderstandings surrounding global warming may well be intentional, with the Council of Foreign Relations admitting they spend literally millions to deliberately confuse us on the subject.
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