In 1988, the United Nations created the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). At that time there was no scientific evidence, nor is there now, of any significant anthropogenic global warming (AGW). The first chairman of the IPCC, Sir John Houghton, stated: “Unless we announce disaster, no one will listen.”

In 1992, the UN set up the Rio de Janeiro conference called “The Earth Summit”, which was attended by Vice President Al Gore. A UN advisor by the name of Maurice Strong made the following statement: “The Earth Summit will play an important role in reforming and strengthening the UN as the centerpiece of the emerging system of democratic governance.”

In 1995, a summary draft report was issued by UN scientists. In that report scientists concluded:

1. None of the studies have shown any clear evidence of climate changes due to greenhouses gases.

2. No study has positively attributed any climate change to anthropogenic causes.

3. Any claims of positive detection of significant climate change are likely to remain controversial until uncertainties in the total natural variability of the climate are reduced.

Shortly after this draft was presented to the IPCC, they removed the above three conclusions. In the final text, these conclusions were replaced with: “The balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate.” Shortly after the 1995 Summary Report was published, many of the IPCC scientists quit and some threatened the UN with lawsuits in order to have their names removed from the report.

What has to be understood is that the UN’s method of preparing IPCC reports is backwards. First they publish a “Summary Report for Policy Makers”, and then months later they publish the Scientific Report in order to ensure its consistency with the Summary Report. This was also done with the 2001 and 2007 IPCC reports.

In 1997 the Kyoto conference was created by Sir Maurice Strong of the UN. During this conference all countries were urged to sign on to the treaty in order to reduce their CO2 output to save the planet. China, India and the United States refused. On September 1, 1997, the National Review magazine quoted Strong stating: “The only way of saving the world may be for industrial civilization to collapse, deliberately seek poverty and set levels of mortality.”

More quotable quotes from Al Gore’s pals. Remember, they are trying to “save” the planet:

The former president of the United Nations Foundation, Tim Wirth stated: “We have to ride the theory of global warming, even if it is wrong.”

Richard Benedict, former advisor to Kofi Annan was quoted saying: “A global warming treaty must be implemented, even if there is no evidence of global warming.”

David Brower, first Executive Director of the Sierra Club stated: “Childbearing should be a punishable crime against society, unless the parents hold a government license. All potential parents should be required to use contraceptive chemicals, the government issuing antidotes to citizens chosen for childbearing.”

Global Warming Skeptics is a website that questions and challenges the belief that the modern human industrial population is causing the earth’s climate to change. Our goal is to search the Web for news, articles and other sources to show that there isn’t any such contrived consensus.

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