Statements By Scientific Organizations of National or International Standing
See also: Global warming controversy#Mainstream scientific position, and challenges to itThis is a list of scientific bodies of national or international standing, that have issued formal statements of opinion, classifies those organizations according to whether they concur with the IPCC view, are non-committal, or dissent from it.
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