Leading energy scientist and head of BRE’s environmental division has slammed the recent Channel 4 Programme The Great Global Warming Swindle as a “tendentious anti-climate change diatribe, largely based on pseudo-scientific contributions”.

The programme, by film maker Martin Durkin, was aired in March and purported to debunk the science of global warming describing it as ‘lies’ and an invention of scientists around the world who out of self-interest have conspired to mislead governments, and the general public.

Strong said. “Calling this programme a “documentary” implies an authoritative and balanced assessment of the facts. In reality the programme was a travesty”.