The Climate Sceptics are an Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n political party that describes itself as the world's first political party representing climate sceptics, dedicated to "...expose the fallacy of anthropogenic climate change".

The party was registered with the Australian Electoral Commission

Australian Electoral Commission

The Australian Electoral Commission, or the AEC, is the federal government agency in charge of organising and supervising federal elections and referendums. State and local government elections are overseen by the Electoral Commission in each state and territory.The Australian Electoral Commission...

 in early 2010, and is endorsing candidates to stand in the 2010 federal election. Prior to being registered, party supporters stood as independent candidates in the Bradfield

Bradfield by-election, 2009

A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Bradfield on 5 December 2009. This was triggered as a result of the resignation of former minister and ex-Liberal Party leader Brendan Nelson...

 and Higgins by-elections

Higgins by-election, 2009

A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Higgins on 5 December 2009. This was triggered as a result of the resignation of former Treasurer and former Liberal Party deputy leader Peter Costello...

.

Electoral

The party endorsed 10 candidates for the Senate, and 6 for the House of Representatives in the 2010 elections. None were successful http://climatesceptics.net/?page_id=1258.

Position on aspects of global warming

The Climate Sceptics Party position on what they call climate alarmism is

• Climate science is far from “settled”, as evidenced by the revelations of recent months and years.
• The alarmist theories propounded by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
  Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
  The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is a scientific intergovernmental body which provides comprehensive assessments of current scientific, technical and socio-economic information worldwide about the risk of climate change caused by human activity, its potential environmental and...
  
   (IPCC) and other political bodies are crippled by huge uncertainties.
• An objective and quantitative risk–benefit analysis of any proposed “climate” legislation is crucial http://climatesceptics.net/?page_id=1288

Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme

The Climate Sceptics Party's policy on the Rudd

Kevin Rudd

Kevin Michael Rudd is an Australian politician who was the 26th Prime Minister of Australia from 2007 to 2010. He has been Minister for Foreign Affairs since 2010...

 government's proposed emissions trading scheme, the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme

Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme

The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme was a proposed cap-and-trade system of emissions trading for anthropogenic greenhouse gases, due to be introduced in Australia in 2010 by the Rudd government, as part of its climate change policy. It marked a major change in the energy policy of Australia...

 (CPRS), is that the CPRS will result in Australian industry being at a competitive disadvantage leading to rising prices, that the CPRS will also cause corruption and fraud and the curtailing of human freedoms.

Actions

On 13 July 2009, approximately 30 members of the Climate Sceptics Party and supporters arrived at the venue where Al Gore

Al Gore

Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. served as the 45th Vice President of the United States , under President Bill Clinton. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for President in the 2000 U.S. presidential election....

, was speaking in Melbourne

Melbourne

Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

, to hand out leaflets for those attending, with questions to ask Al Gore during his speech. Some wore t-shirts bearing the party's slogan: "Carbon Really Ain't Pollution - CRAP".
In 2010 the Climate Sceptics organised a tour of Australia by Lord Monckton at a cost of $100,000.

See also

• Politics of global warming
  Politics of global warming
  The politics of global warming have involved corporate lobbying, funding of special interest groups and public relations campaigns by the oil and coal industries which have affected policy decisions and legislation worldwide...
  
  
• Global Warming controversy
  Global warming controversy
  Global warming controversy refers to a variety of disputes, significantly more pronounced in the popular media than in the scientific literature, regarding the nature, causes, and consequences of global warming...
  
  
• Climate change denial
  Climate change denial
  Climate change denial is a term used to describe organized attempts to downplay, deny or dismiss the scientific consensus on the extent of global warming, its significance, and its connection to human behavior, especially for commercial or ideological reasons...