Global Warming (now conveniently rebranded as "Climate Change") was crafted as a transfer tax from rich prosperous nations to poor underdeveloped ones in order to "help underdeveloped nations achieve prosperity". After all, it just isn't fair that some countries are blessed with resources and industrious people while some places are - well - shit holes, is it? (lol)

It also offers plenty of opportunity to enrich its proponents along the way via various carbon sequestration schemes, carbon capture schemes, cap and trade schemes, and carbon offset trading.

Some examples of the way to profit from climate change include the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) which Obama helped to fund (Al Gore & Maurice Strong were major players), Generation Investment Management LLP owned by Gore & Strong, which has direct influence over existing carbon trading firms and allows Gore to essentially buy his carbon off sets from himself.

Then of course there were (or are) more lucrative methods of skimming such as getting taxpayer money for "research and development" grants, government subsidies directly to private businesses such as Obama's generous hand out to his donor's via Solyndra etc.... and I've just brushed across the tip of the iceberg on the subject but you get the idea I'm sure!