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While some scientists have pursued legitimate lines of enquiry over the science of climate change, others have deliberately exploited doubts for commercial and political gain. In the United States PR strategists advised the oil industry on how to set up groups to stir up doubts over the science and influence public opinion – in much the same way as the tobacco industry had earlier tried to persuade the public that smoking did not damage their health.

Oil has been key to the global economy for a century, and action to tackle emissions from fossil fuels has been seen to threaten the industry. So it is perhaps not surprising that politicians and many others were at first persuaded not to take global warming seriously.