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Carter was a speaker at the [[International Conference on Climate Change (2009)]], organized by the [[Heartland Institute]], which is funded by the industries involved in producing greenhouse gases. <ref>"[http://www.heartland.org/events/NewYork09/speakers.html Speakers]," Heartland Institute website, accessed January 2009.</ref> Carter is also listed as a speaker for the Heartland Institute's June 2009 [[Third International Conference on Climate Change]].<ref>Heartland Institute, [http://www.heartland.org/events/WashingtonDC09/speakers.html "Speakers"], Heartland Institute, accessed May 7, 2009.</ref> In March 2007, the ''Sydney Morning Herald'' reported that Carter asserted that the [[Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change]] had uncovered no evidence the warming of the planet was caused by human activity. He said the role of peer review in scientific literature was overstressed, and whether or not a scientist had been funded by the fossil fuel industry was irrelevant to the validity of research. 'I don't think it is the point whether or not you are paid by the coal or petroleum industry,' said Professor Carter. 'I will address the evidence.'" <ref>http://www.smh.com.au/news/environment/minchin-denies-climate-change-manmade/2007/03/14/1173722560417.html</ref> Carter has also asserted that "atmospheric CO2 is not a primary forcing agent for temperature change," and claimed that "any cumulative human signal is so far undetectable at a global level and, if present, is buried deeply in the noise of natural variation". <ref>http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,17750944%255E30417,00.html/</ref> Carter is a member of the right-wing [[think tank]] the [[Institute of Public Affairs]] [<ref>http://newmatilda.com/home/articledetailmagazine.asp?ArticleID=1585&HomepageID=142]</ref>, and a founding member of the [[Australian Environment Foundation]], a [[front group]] set up by the [[Institute of Public Affairs]].