> A number of different, and sometimes contradictory, motives have
> been claimed for a conspiracy to promote the idea of global warming
> * A desire on the part of the United Nations and its supporters to
> promote a system of world government or global governance. Proponents
> of this theory frequently stress the role of Maurice Strong.[citation
> needed].
> * A desire on the part of climate science researchers to attract
> financial support[28]
> * A desire by the government[which?] to raise taxes[citation needed]
> * A desire on the part of left-wing political activists to promote an
> agenda described by Melanie Phillips[5] as a "left-wing,
> anti-American, anti-west ideology which goes hand in hand with
> anti-globalisation and the belief that everything done by the
> industrialised world is wicked. The agenda to cripple this world is
> revealed by highly questionable assumptions made by climate modellers
> about likely developments in economics, technology or population
> movements, which affect emissions and consequent temperature
> predictions."
> * A desire on the part of conservative political leaders including
> Margaret Thatcher,[29] and Helmut Kohl[30] to promote nuclear power
> while attracting the political support of Green groups
> * A desire on the part of leftwing individuals to garner financial
> gains for themselves through business dealings related to the global
> warming agenda.[citation needed].
> * A desire on the part of leftwing political leaders to promote
> socialism: o According to a critical special contribution written by
> Lawrie McFarlane in Victoria's Times Colonist, "For socialism, at
> least in its early form, shared those same instincts—distrust of
> private enterprise, animus toward wealth, the urge to proselytize and
> faith in big government. And like environmentalism, it marched under
> the banner of a superior morality. (...) Environmentalism is neither
> religion nor science. It is a political mission, every bit as
> unquestioning as socialism in its heyday, and offering the same giddy
> promise to followers: The delicious prospect of being in the right,
> and better still, running things."[31] o Czech President Václav Klaus
> said that "This ideology preaches earth and nature and under the
> slogans of their protection – similarly to the old Marxists – wants
> to replace the free and spontaneous evolution of mankind by a sort of
> central, now global, planning of the whole world"[32] o Nick Minchin,
> Australian former leader of the Opposition in the Senate stated on
> the ABC program 4 Corners that "For the extreme left it [climate
> change] provides the opportunity to do what they've always wanted to
> do, to sort of de-industrialise the western world. You know the
> collapse of communism was a disaster for the left, and the, and
> really they embraced environmentalism as their new religion." [33]
> * Statements made or allegedly made by various supporters of climate
> change policies have been quoted as giving support to the idea that
> anthropogenic global warming may be used primarily for political
> purposes. o According to a critical editorial written by Peter
> Menzies in the Calgary Herald, Christine Stewart, former Canadian
> Environment Minister for the Liberal Party of Canada, said in 1998
> that "No matter if the science is all phoney, there are collateral
> environmental benefits.[34] o According to the 1993 book Science
> under Siege by Michael Fumento, former US Senator Timothy Wirth,
> (D-Colo) said that "We've got to ride the global warming issue. Even
> if the theory of global warming is wrong, we will be doing the right
> thing – in terms of economic policy and environmental
> policy.."[35][36]