Climategate
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.
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.
- 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. - 2009 December 11, Laura...
- 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[…]which took place only...
- The "Climategate" computer hacking scandal that rocked the scientific world is to be made into a BBC film. - 2021 June 9, “University of East Anglia 'Climategate' scandal to be turned into film”, in BBC News:
Origin
From climate + -gate, popularized by climate change denialist James Delingpole.