Donald Trump has questioned whether climate change is “man-made” and suggested that world temperatures could start falling in the future.

The US president said during an interview with CBS’s 60 Minutes show that he does not think climate change is a “hoax”, reversing his previous position.

However Mr Trump claimed that some scientists have a “very big political agenda” and suggested there is no consensus about the cause of global warming.

“I think something's happening. Something's changing and it'll change back again. I don't think it's a hoax, I think there's probably a difference,” Mr Trump said.

“But I don't know that it's man-made. I will say this: I don't want to give trillions and trillions of dollars. I don't want to lose millions and millions of jobs. I don't want to be put at a disadvantage.”