I'm afraid that the IPCC not only "looks like" a non-scientific entity, it IS a non-scientific entity. The IPCC is made up mainly of BUREAUCRATS, publicity merchants and a few PSEUDO-scientists.

Promoting the irrational idea of anthropogenic global warming mean that they have lost any right they ever had to be called "scientists". In truth they should be held criminally liable for their part in scheming to steal zillions of dollars from the people of the world.

If you have any doubt at all that the idea of anthropogenic global warming is utterly preposterous, have a browse at:

NJIT solar physicists report paradox: Less sunlight, but temps rise

I have absolutely no doubt at all that global warming DOES, of course, exist. There is ample evidence of this, evidence to say that the planet - every planet in fact - goes through CYCLIC CHANGES. There is evidence to say that global warming occurred centuries ago. When Julius Caesar first came to Britain he found evidence that grapes used to be grown in the south of England, something that couldn't possibly happen today. Now what activity of mankind would be responsible for this - centuries ago of course?

We even have global warming on Mars:

Geotimes - January - Mars Climate Change

Do read the article and ponder how mankind could possibly cause this to happen. All these flatulent cows in NZ being so bad that it affected Mars, perhaps?

You seem to believe that a majority of scientists believe that global warming is caused by mankind (anthropogenic). I haven't actually read anything credible that says this at all, but I did come across this article entitled "World's largest scientific group REJECTING man-made climate fears"

Marc Morano -- World’s Largest Science Group Rejecting Man-Made Climate Fears!

However, going back to our (VERY TINY, in fact miniscule, so much in fact that any "changes" mankind were to make would make no difference whatsoever). We're certainly not the first irresponsible generation. All of Europe used to covered in trees until the massive great ship building of the 15th and 16th centuries occurred. But, imagine the problems that would occur in Europe today if it was still covered in trees.

So governments have said "Oh, panic, the oceans are rising and we will all drown and those who survive drowning will be burnt to a crisp, or there's this mad American chemtrail spraying causing it all and all these farting cows, but never fear - give us bucketloads of money and we will fix it for you. And incredibly there are still those who fall for this scam and start committing their grandchildrens' money.

The NZ attitide towards this is unbelievable. It would seem that mostly the "rules" are there simply to justify the existance of bureaucrats and true, caring "greenies" have been duped into believing that they are "doing the right thing" by helping to "push people around" and take their money for governments, bureaucrats and assorted other power-freaks.

Purely control-freak bureaucrats, exploiting the junk science that is often spouted by naive "greenies" are stealing our park lands and reserves, taking our trees and selling them to other nations and taxing all forms of food production to pay for a UN army, all in the name of "environmentalism" and "emmissions trading".

If the average "greenie" would grow just one brain cell they might realise that if governments were just a little bit honest in what they claim and "environmental" legislation was even a little bit to do with the "environment" and not greed and control-freakery, they would be pushing for solar power and even (using tax payers' money) to subsidise it so that everybody can have solar panels. But, no, instead they seem far more interested in making silly laws about not smoking in public places and setting up sneaky little traps to try and get as much money as possible out of "violators" - now how's that going to help? Or they are only interested in destroying the economy of entire communities because "an elderly male lesser-spotted dingbat might have been seen in the area" and "it is the natural habitat of the rare, myopic, wide-mouthed snail - allegedly, that is".

(I am "on a roll" here, so I'm going to have a go at the ALLEGED- environmental movement in NZ now)

Our government makes all sorts of weirdo laws (like, you can't log - in, say, "point b" - because you might disturb the slaters) and then they send other employees to lay poison throughout the entire bush, poison which tends to kill everything in its path. Our government pay lip-service to "protecting native bird life" and yet (as they did a few years ago) aerial sprays entire cities with a highly-poisonous substance making people sick right, left and centre, allegedly to "eradicate a painted-apple-moth". Now that is hardly very environmentally friendly, is it?

I have just realised how late it is (time goes really fast when you are having fun debating stuff, doesn't it?) So I'll end with a thought for anyone who thinks that the government (any government we've had) genuinely cares about "the planet". That can be summed up in two words:

1080 poison!