Skepticism about global warming appears to be gaining credibility, despite the fact that the scientific evidence supports the theory of global warming.

Mitt Romney, US Republican candidate for the Presidential nomination, recently he was doubtful about the global warming or climate change. What surprised global climate campaigners is that Romney had previously showed faith in the global warming theory.

Many are of the view that Romney took U-turn after he saw that his support declined after he said that human activities were contributing to global warming, and that cut in greenhouse gas emissions was necessary to tackle the problem.

But, the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre’s Director, Dr. Kenrick Leslie, warned that countries like Belize and Guyana would have to suffer the biggest losses due to rising sea levels as they lie low. Leslie added that these countries could have to spend a whopping 14 per cent of their GDP on tackling the issue by the year of 2025.

Leslie further said that increasing temperatures and sea levels might pose insoluble challenges to tourism, food-security and health.

Skepticism about global warming got a big boost in 2009, when a small number of researchers manipulated evidence to overstate the extent of global warming.