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Climate Change Isn't Real

Claims human-caused climate change is exaggerated, fabricated, or used as a control mechanism.

Climate and ice

General Summary

The “climate change isn’t real” (or “climate hoax”) conspiracy holds that human-caused climate change is exaggerated, fabricated, or deliberately promoted so that elites and governments can control the public, profit from green policies, or advance a globalist agenda. Believers often say that “they” want people to be afraid and that climate change is “just a way to control the masses.” Common claims include: the scientific consensus is fake or past predictions have failed; temperature data have been manipulated or adjusted to show warming; climate action is really about carbon taxes, UN Agenda 21/2030, or restricting freedom; and that renewable energy and “green” spending are a financial scam that enriches insiders while hurting ordinary people and poor nations. Some versions allow that the climate varies but deny that humans are the main cause; others treat the whole idea as an invented scare with “no basis in science.”

The narrative emerged strongly in the late 1980s alongside industry-funded skeptical campaigns and has been reinforced by think tanks, talk radio, and alternative media. Documentaries such as “The Great Global Warming Swindle” (2007) and “Climate The Movie: The Cold Truth” (2024) argue that man-made global warming is the “biggest swindle” or an “invented scare.” Skeptic websites (e.g. Watts Up With That?) question mainstream climate science and policy. Mainstream science, by contrast, holds that 97%+ of climate scientists agree that recent warming is primarily human-caused, supported by ice cores, ocean heat, sea-level rise, and extreme weather trends. Fact-checkers and scientific bodies describe the “hoax” narrative as misinformation, often financially motivated—e.g. ad revenue for sites promoting denial. The conspiracy fits Global Elites (international actors, control narrative) and can overlap with Government Secrets (e.g. government pushing a “fake” crisis).

Climate protest
Climate protest


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Data and manipulation
Data and manipulation

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Control narrative

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Green energy transition
Green energy transition
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