5 key climate change myths

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.