One thing you missed is how all of this started in the first place. The Soviet Union needed a way for The West to deindustrialize and they had multiple seats in the UN (remember that both Ukraine and Belarus had their own seat in the UN despite being part of the USSR as well as numerous other countries that were pro-East and anti-West), and the progressives and greens in the west just ate it up as it confirms their beliefs and excuses their ways: Humans are to blame for everything in nature and the government should run everything so that we can fix it.<br><br>The original research into global warming mandated that a human cause be found, and the only thing they could come up with is that CO2 levels in the atmosphere have been on the rise since the industrial revolution, explanation being that CO2 is a greenhouse gas (like water as well).<br>Luckily the list of 97% of scientists who agree with climate change doesn't include cardiologists and veterinarians.