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5 Takeaways From the U.N. Climate Change Report
April 14, 2014, 4:51 pm ET · by Jason M. BreslowIn the push to curb global climate change, 2015 could be a make or break year.
Climate of DoubtOctober 23, 2012FRONTLINE explores the massive shift in public opinion on climate change.(53:47) FRONTLINE goes inside the groups who shifted the direction of the climate change debate. FEATURED FROM THIS REPORT
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UN Report: Climate Change Will Deepen Poverty, HungerMarch 31, 2014, 3:06 pm ET · by Sarah ChildressA new report details the impact of climate change on human survival. 
What Climate Change Skeptics Think About the UN ReportOctober 1, 2013, 11:28 am ET · by Sarah ChildressA new U.N. report says human impact on climate change is “clear,” it’s getting worse, and we’re too late to stop it. They disagree. 
The Surprising Way Obama Is Trying to Tackle Climate ChangeFebruary 27, 2013, 10:28 am ET · by Azmat KhanWhen President Obama tried to push for legislation on climate change during his first term, he encountered such fierce political opposition that it quickly became clear Congress wouldn’t be the avenue to reform. 
Live Chat 2 p.m. ET Thursday: Inside the Climate WarsOctober 23, 2012, 9:49 pm ET · by Nathan TobeyJoin a live chat on “Climate of Doubt” with the film’s producer Catherine Upin and correspondent John Hockenberry. We’ll also be joined by New Yorker staff writer Elizabeth Kolbert. You can leave a question now. 
Robert Brulle: Inside the Climate Change “Countermovement”October 23, 2012, 9:36 pm ETA sociologist at Drexel University, Robert Brulle’s research focuses on the strategy of what he calls “the climate change countermovement.” Brulle says the movement “has had a real political and ecological impact on the failure of the world to act” on global warming. 
Tim Phillips: The Case Against Climate LegislationOctober 23, 2012, 9:36 pm ETLegislation to combat climate change would be devastating for families and businesses, resulting in “higher taxes, lost jobs,” and “less freedom,” says Tim Phillips, president of Americans for Prosperity. 
Bob Inglis: Climate Change and the Republican PartyOctober 23, 2012, 9:35 pm ETIn 2010, Republican Bob Inglis lost his bid for reelection after telling a radio host that he believed humans were contributing to climate change. “The most enduring heresy that I committed was saying the climate change is real, and let’s do something about it,” he told FRONTLINE. 
Steve Coll: How Exxon Shaped the Climate DebateOctober 23, 2012, 9:35 pm ETExxonMobil has driven a wedge into the debate around global warming by fueling doubts in the public mind about whether climate science is legitimate, says Steve Coll, a staff writer at The New Yorker and author of Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power. 
Andrew Dessler: Science and the Politics of Climate ChangeOctober 23, 2012, 9:34 pm ETAn expert on how clouds relate to a warming planet, Texas A&M scholar Andrew Dessler became a target of climate science critics following an interview he gave to The New York Times. “Science is what science is,” Dessler says. “Nature doesn’t care what your political persuasion is.” 
How Al Gore Galvanized the Climate Change Movement — On Both SidesOctober 23, 2012, 11:42 am ET · by Azmat KhanWhen it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2006, “An Inconvenient Truth” — the blockbuster documentary about former Vice President Al Gore’s crusade to draw attention to the threat of global warming — received three standing ovations. Additional funding for Climate of Doubt is provided by The Kendeda Fund.
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