Climategate

English Etymology en ine-pro *ḱley- incline From en climate gate, popularized by climate change denialist James Delingpole. Proper noun A scandal involving the theft of computer records in November, 2009 which contained information about climate change research conducted at the University of East Anglia (UEA) in Norwich, England. en 11 December 2009 Laura Blenkinsop http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=2331832 Climategate': A primer on the email scandal National Post Over the Copenhagen climate conference lies the shadow of “Climategate,” emails and documents hacked from a server at the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia in England. 26 June 2013 https://archive.today/20130629020531/http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=2331832 29 June 2013 en Robin McKie http://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2019/nov/09/climategate-10-years-on-what-lessons-have-we-learned Climategate 10 years on: what lessons have we learned? 2019-11-09 The Guardian And that raises a critical question: did Climategate play a role in this failure to act? Some observers believe it did and, as an illustration, point to the fate of the Copenhagen climate summit– organised under the UN framework convention on climate change –which took place only a few weeks after the leaking of the CRU’s emails. https://web.archive.org/web/20261015121453/https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2019/nov/09/climategate-10-years-on-what-lessons-have-we-learned 15 October 2026 en University of East Anglia 'Climategate' scandal to be turned into film BBC News 2021-06-09 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-57402743 The "Climategate" computer hacking scandal that rocked the scientific world is to be made into a BBC film. https://web.archive.org/web/20260417001811/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-57402743 17 April 2026 Related terms en -gate Translations scandal Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 氣候門 qìhòumén Finnish: fi Climategate Japanese: ja クライメートゲート Portuguese: pt See also en Denialgate en watergate Further reading Climatic Research Unit email controversy en Climate change Historical events