âThe data doesn't matter. We're not basing our recommendations on the data. We're basing them on the climate models.â - Prof. Chris Folland, Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research
âThe models are convenient fictions that provide something very useful.â- Dr David Frame, climate modeler, Oxford University
"We've got to ride this global warming issue. Even if the theory of global warming is wrong, - Timothy Wirth, President of the UN Foundation
"No matter if the science of global warming is all phony- Christine Stewart, former Canadian Minister of the Environment
"I believe it is appropriate to have an 'over-representation' of the facts - Al Gore, Climate Change activist
"It doesn't matter what is true, it only matters what people believe is true." - Paul Watson, co-founder of Greenpeace
"The common enemy of humanity is man. In searching for a new enemy to unite us, we came up with the idea that pollution, the threat of global warming, water shortages, famine and the like would fit the bill. - Club of Rome, premier environmental think-tank, consultants to the United Nations
"We need to get some broad based support, to capture the public's imagination...So we have to offer up scary scenarios, make simplified, dramatic statements and make little mention of any doubts... Each of us has to decide what the right balance is between being effective and being honest." - Prof. Stephen Schneider, Stanford Professor of Climatology, lead author of many IPCC reports