The idea that the vast majority of scientists are paid to reach a specific conclusion for climate change is a fake idea. It is propaganda pure and simple.
Some other points raised here are technically true, not pertinent to the present situation with climate and change. The main issue is that the evidence for climate change is overwhelming and the connection to human impact on that change is incredibly strong. I fear it will affect our kids and grandkids in a much more significant way than we think. I wish the people would do something about it, but I think we are track for disaster simply because of greed and money. I also think some people like to argue against climate change just because they don't want it to be right.
I would like to address a few of the points that have been argued so far. The OP implies that climate change is refuted because parts of north America have been colder this fall. The response brought up is that the climate is a whole Earth issue and this is correct. A normal part of climate change is that weather patterns change, and part of the warming might be colder periods in some parts of the world while others end up warming more significantly. Second, someone else asked about how many times Earth had ice. The number of times in Earth's history that significant ice was present can be counted on your two hands. The amount of time is far less than when the Earth was ice free. Does this mean we want it ice free. No, much of that time was also uninhabitable for humans. The point is irrelevant for today's climate argument. Someone else said we need a greenhouse and alluded to the role of orbital forcing. We need a greenhouse to keep the Earth inhabitable, and without it, and taking into account albedo, energy balance gives us an average temperature that is below zero. This also is a only part of the argument. We need a greenhouse to keep us in an inhabitable or better yet a climate where we can thrive. The point about climate change is that the argument is that the greenhouse is being perturbed in such a way that we will suffer consequences and possibly things like economic costs, war, famine, in the limit, extinction.
I apologize for the off the cuff rant, but the issue of fake information, fake news, propaganda is all around us and we should step up and take responsibility and make change for a better, rather than a worse, future.
