Apologies for the 'cut and paste' job here and now, but I feel that this is well worth the read anyway ................ for those of us who are busy campaigning and networking etc, its nice to get a little help from the 'beeb' now and again.

What are some of the reasons why "climate sceptics" dispute the evidence that human activities such as industrial emissions of greenhouse gases and deforestation are bringing potentially dangerous changes to the Earth's climate?

Millions of indigenous peoples all over the world are deeply concerned at the way things are going environmentally speaking, they are not scientists in any first-world sense, but they know their environment, and they notice stuff happening everywhere which is way under most peoples radar, they notice stuff that we do not, they are worried!

As the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) finalises its landmark report for 2007, we look at 10 of the arguments most often made against the IPCC consensus, and some of the counter-arguments made by scientists who agree with the IPCC.

 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7081026.stm

 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/629/629/7074601.stm

And last, but by no means least, click on this link to get your free copy of the United Nations Environmental Programs GEO4.

 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7060072.stm