Despite 97% of the world's scientists agreeing that warming temperatures over the past 100 years are most likely due to man-made activities, there are a surprising amount of Tories who still feel they know more than the experts.
To find out who they are and what they've said, click on the gallery below.
The Climate Change 'Sceptics'
Boris: Earth heading for a "mini ice-age"(01 of07)
Amid the snow and cold temperatures last month Boris Johnson joined the climate change debate, firmly planting his skeptic staff in the ice. "I see from the BBC website that there are scientists who say that "global warming" is indeed the cause of the cold and snowy winters we seem to be having. A team of Americans and Chinese experts have postulated that the melting of the Arctic ice means that the whole North Atlantic is being chilled as the floes start to break off — like a Martini refrigerated by ice cubes"I merely observe that there are at least some other reputable scientists who say that it is complete tosh, or at least that there is no evidence to support it." (credit:PA)
"Al Gore is obviously just a propagandist"(02 of07)
Founder of The Global Warming Policy Foundation, Lord Lawson, who memorably referred to Al Gore as "obviously just a propagandist", called reports that the floods were influenced by global warming as "absurd" and previously stated: "Global warming is a new religion and blasphemy against that religion is not a laughing matter,""While satellite observations do indeed confirm that the extent of arctic sea ice has been declining over the past 30 years, the same satellite observations show that, overall, Antarctic sea ice has been expanding over the same period." (credit:PA)
"The temperature has not changed in seventeen years"(03 of07)
While the Prime Minister has unequivocally acknowledged the presence of climate change, the Secretary of State for environment, food and rural affairs, Owen Paterson, appears to still need convincing…"People get very emotional about this subject and I think we should just accept that the climate has been changing for centuries“It would also lead to longer growing seasons and you could extend growing a little further north into some of the colder areas.“The temperature has not changed in the last seventeen years" (credit:Getty Images)
"Since the beginning of this century, the average global temperature has flatlined"(04 of07)
Peter Lilley, MP for Hitchin and Harpenden, who describes himself as a “global lukewarmist”, surprisingly sits on the government’s Energy and Climate Change Committee – here are his views in a nutshell:"The simple fact is that, since the beginning of this century, the average global temperature has flatlined; indeed, over the past 18 months it has fallen back, and according to the satellite measurements of temperature, it is now basically back at the level it was in 1979, when such measurements started to be taken." (credit:PA)
Wind farms are "like props from War of the Worlds"(05 of07)
Former Shadow Home Secretary David Davis is another of the Conservative party to emit climate change skepticism, and once denounced wind farms as looking "like props from War of the Worlds". Davis claimed that temperatures are in fact cooling not warming and that scientists were "conspiring to rig the figures to support their theories". (credit:Getty Images)
"The facts seem to have changed"(06 of07)
Douglas Carswell, once a staunch supporter of climate change has now gone cold on the issue. The Clacton MP said backing the Climate Change Act in 2008 was his “biggest regret”.“I once shared the view that mankind was involved in changing the climate. I’m much more skeptical about that now, “When I was a member of Friends of the Earth, I did believe human CO2 emissions were responsible for global warming. It's just that the facts seem to have changed. And so I've changed my mind.” (credit:PA)
"We're not going to save the planet by putting our country out of business"(07 of07)
Ok he's probably not a climate sceptic, but Osborne certainly hasn't done much to push his green credentials. Ahead of the Tory Party Conference, the Chancellor revealed a crack in his Climate Change support, when he stated "I want to provide for the country the cheapest energy possible, consistent with having it reliable, in other words as a steady supply." Osborne has previously stated: "We're not going to save the planet by putting our country out of business. So let's at the very least resolve that we're going to cut our carbon emissions no slower but also no faster than our fellow countries in Europe." (credit:PA)