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Representation ID: 4492

Received: 03/08/2025

Respondent: Mr Stephen Francis

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

It is alleged that political interference in the 1996 IPCC report suggested climate change was entirely human-driven. Al Gore was reported to have manipulated NASA imagery, misrepresenting hurricane behavior. Skeptical scientists Andy May, Richard Lindzen, Judith Curry, John Christy, and William Happer, argue that atmospheric CO₂ remains near a 600-million-year low, that human emissions have prevented a plant-extinction risk, and that models overestimate warming due to inadequate cloud and ocean heat dynamics. Professor Happer’s calculations on CO₂ doubling, claiming minimal impact, and contends that Western climate alarmism serves globalist interests, imposing undue burdens and restricting freedom, especially for the poor.