You need go no further than the IPCC (The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) at the United Nations for the definitive statement on mankind's impact on our Earth's climate.
The role of the IPCC is to assess on a comprehensive, objective, open and transparent basis the scientific, technical and socio-economic information relevant to understanding the scientific basis of risk of human-induced climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation. The IPCC does not carry out research nor does it monitor climate related data or other relevant parameters. It bases its assessment mainly on peer reviewed and published scientific/technical literature.
The World Meteorlogical Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) established the IPCC in 1988, and it's latest report was issued in 2001 (after the previous reports from 1990 and 1996). Hundreds of scientific researchers, policy experts, and risk analysts from all over the world have directly contributed to the assessment -- the most comprehensive analysis of climate change written to date.
The wonderful organization, The Union for Concerned Scientists, has a comprehensive summary of what the IPCC does and it's impact on quantifying climate change. You can read the information from the UCS site here.
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