A recent survey by Cornell University of thousands of peer-reviewed studies on climate change found that in more than 99% of them, the authors agreed that climate change was caused by humans. Photo: AFP
As the COP26 climate summit gets underway, AFP Fact Check examines some common claims that question the existence of global heating caused by humans.
Some brand the crisis a hoax by scientists to justify their research grants – or even a conspiracy by governments to control people. If so, it would have to be one of extraordinary complexity, coordinated by successive governments in scores of countries with vast numbers of scientists.
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