climate change and politics, the history

The main focus of this paper is the history of how politics has been involved with climate change discussion. Needs to be arguing one point with a strong thesis, not summarizing. When did politics start playing becoming associated with climate change and why? Formal instructions: The final research papers can be on any theme touched upon in the class readings, discussions, and cinematic screenings covered over the course of the semester. This paper should integrate historical images, facts, and statistics, cinematic evidence, primary source quotations, museum materials, etc.