Kyla Mandel. During his speech, Lindzen described climate change as “an implausible conjecture backed by false evidence and repeated incessantly” and said the use of renewable energy would lead to a bleak future with “a landscape degraded by rusting wind farms and decaying solar panel arrays.” [174], Professor Valentina Zharkova, based at Northumbria University, gave a lecture to the GWPF entitled “The Solar Magnetic Field And The Terrestrial Climate” in which she outlined her theory that climate change is caused by natural solar cycles. Lawson: Well, look, the point is not, just the costs – although we do have in this country, in England, one of the highest energy costs in the world, which is very hard on the poor and hard on business and industry, which is because of our absurd climate-driven energy policy. recorded conversation he had with Stringer on his blog, began lobbying the Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government, Ed Miliband clashes with Lord Lawson on global warming, Nigel Lawson: Climate science has turned into religion. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog. //-->
Kyla Mandel. Archived February 26, 2018. That is to say, they should also ban non-scientists such as energy secretary Ed Davey, Ed Miliband, Lord Deben (chairman of the government’s climate advisory committee), Lord Stern (former adviser to the government on the economics of climate change and development) and all the others who are regularly invited to appear.” [42], The Guardian reports how BBC rejected Lawson's claims that BBC had been silencing the global warming debate. According to The Guardian, the foundation received £12,161 from membership fees in the year ending 31 July 2012. DeSmog UK reported one document was a GWPF invitation to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, requesting he speak at the group's annual lecture. If you think about how many degrees of freedom are in the climate system, what a chaotic nonlinear, dynamical system can do with all those degrees of freedom, you will always have record highs, record lows, tremendous storms and so on. Mat Hope. “Climate change scepticism,” Chemistry World, September, 2010. Archived August 17, 2015. , the Global Warming Policy Foundation, March 1, 2015. [167], The GWPF shared a poll on Twitter showing a majority of respondents felt more sympathy with commuters who dragged Extinction Rebellion protesters off a commuter train during two weeks of protests in London than the protesters themselves. Archived February 27, 2019. Archived August 17, 2015. [52], Additionally, the most-cited journal on the list was Energy and Environment, a journal with a very low impact factor, and whose editors are AGW skeptics. “Lawson’s Hot and Cold Affair with the Institute of Economic Affairs,” DeSmog UK, September 2, 2014. Archived October 24, 2010. , The Global Warming Policy Foundation, September 2010. Archived March 20, 2019. Nigel Lawson. Archived June 20, 2019. It is clear that the costs imposed on British businesses and households are now entirely unsustainable.” [88], The Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) released a new report (PDF) claiming that Britain's Climate Change Act would cost £319 billion. Archived August 18, 2015. View/search document collection, According to Benny Peiser, director of the GWPF, “We are certainly not taking a critical stance on the basic science of the greenhouse effect or the fact that CO2 emissions in the atmosphere are having an effect on the climate.” He said the foundation exists to help restore a less “hysterical” and “emotional” debate on the subject and promote what he calls a more “flexible and long-term approach” to the problem. Archived February 26, 2018. “Academic Advisory Council,” Global Warming Policy Foundation. [32], According to the GWPF's press release, the paper “finds the Vatican is being led astray by its advisors by statements on climate change that are scientifically lacking and ethically dubious.” They also conclude that using fossil fuels is beneficial to the environment “the beneficial impact of fossil fuels has not only been on human well-being but also on nature, because fossil fuel use has allowed more intensive use of land, thus reducing the amount of wilderness that has to be diverted to agricultural use. [130], For the occasion, the GWPF launched a report which blames the Climate Change Act “and other anti-fossil-fuel policies” for worsening fuel poverty in the UK and describes the Act as “history's most expensive virtue signal”.
Delingpole: The £300 Billion Climate Change Act is Costing Britain the Earth, Factcheck: Lord Lawson’s inaccurate claims about climate change on, Some extreme weather events are clearly becoming more common, in contrast to Lord Lawson’s claim, Royal Society accused of allowing ‘anti-scientific coal baron’ to preach benefits of global warming, False allegations by climate change 'sceptic'. container: "#DC-search-projectid-41583-american-friends-of-the-gwpf", Between 2013 and 2017, the Nigel Vinson Charitable Trust, Global Warming Policy Foundation Companies House. (Press Release), Global Warming Policy Foundation. “BBC rejects claim that climate sceptic Lord Lawson is being silenced,” The Guardian, July 9, 2014. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/DQG2F. The report’s author, Geoff Hill, cited various academics who have a vested interest in clean coal technology and the continued use of fossil fuels. Archive URL: https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.thegwpf.com/gwpf-welcomes-newfound-realism-among-prominent-green-campaigners/, Press Release, GWPF, “Environment Agency Accused Of Making False Claims About UK Weather”, The GPWF, 20th June 2020. [204], The GWPF published a comment article critical of the government’s approach to wind power by  by Gordon Hughes and other authors which stated that, “the UK Government is being pressed by lobbyists to adopt low-carbon policies, justified by reference to CfD auction prices that are patently unsustainable on the terms presented, but which are really a one-way option on higher market prices in future”, taking a sceptical approach to the efficacy of wind power. The IPCC, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which is sort of the voice of the consensus, concedes that there has been no increase in extreme weather events.

“Putting Climate Change Claims to the Test,” Global Warming Policy Forum, June 18, 2019. Archived August 17, 2015. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/MpTPT. Archived August 17, 2015. , February 15, 2013. “An epidemic of Doomsday Forecasts,” GWPF (crossposted), April 14, 2020. A press release about the polling claimed that “working class and Leave voters favour lower energy bills over climate action” and called on the government to “pay more attention to its voters’ concerns about energy prices”. Archived February 26, 2018. [80], [81], [82], [83], [84], A final website to cite the paper was the right-wing Breitbart, where James Delingpole used it as support for climate policy being “Pointless.” Carbon Brief noted that Delingpole had sat down with Rose at the GWPF's annual lecture, which was given by Ridley. While increased CO2 levels could result in bigger plants, ““the nutrients in the plant decline.”  [110], “So you do not actually get more food,” said Pitman, “you just get a bigger plant, so it’s a myth that higher CO2 helps lift yields, in the sense that those yields reflect food.” [110], The GWPF's Nigel Lawson appeared on BBC Radio 4 in a five-minute-long interview, asked to respond to an earlier interview with Al Gore where Gore had introduced his new film. Archived August 17, 2015.
[132], GWPF advisor and retired meterology professor Richard Lindzen gave the group's annual lecture at the Institute of Mechanical Engineers. Politics & Global Warming, November 2019 By Anthony Leiserowitz, Edward Maibach, Seth Rosenthal, John Kotcher, Parrish Bergquist, Abel Gustafson, Matthew Ballew and Matthew Goldberg Filed under: Policy & Politics, Beliefs & Attitudes and Behaviors & Actions “Ed Miliband clashes with Lord Lawson on global warming,” BBC News, December 6, 2009. Between 2013 and 2017, the Nigel Vinson Charitable Trust donated a total of £45,000 to the GWPF. Archived via FreezePage, November 24, 2017. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/o7Yib. GWPF Director Benny Peiser stated, “It’s great to see these prominent green campaigners disavowing the eco-extremism that has done such damage to the world.”, Peiser also aligned the GWPF with the views of US commentator Michael Shellenberger, saying that when he says “that climate change isn’t even the biggest environmental problem the world faces, he’s echoing a view that the GWPF has highlighted since our inception.” [200], The GWPF launched Energy Justice, a website that seeks to “highlight how reliable energy access is central to the problems of people and businesses in the developing world”. “The Climate Policy Cart Led Climate Science Horse,” YouTube video uploaded by user GWPF, November 23, 2017. [197], The GWPF published a report claiming that, “the UK faces a £200 billion bill to rewire the country if the government follows through on plans to electrify the country’s homes and transport systems. Archived May 10, 2016. These estimates have been strongly disputed by policy analysts at Carbon Brief. “Transition to Reality: The Prospects For Rapid Global Decarbonization,” Global Warming Policy Foundation, February 14 2019. But they are mostly being ignored at the moment because they are seen as distracting from conventional global warming research. “Inquiry Launched Into Global Temperature Data Integrity” (Press Release), Global Warming Policy Foundation, April 25, 2015. [193], The GWPF published a press release criticising the Environment Agency for saying climate change may drive future water shortages. Failing to admit when the answer to an important question is simply not known does a disservice to the public. “Exposed: Lawson’s Climate Denial Donors’ Links to Tobacco and Oil Backed Think Tank,” DeSmog UK, September 2, 2014. Nick Hewitt. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/wdhNQ. Archived August 17, 2015. ,” London School of Economics and Political Science, October 3, 2012. Zak Derler, Maina Waruru. The tweet suggested the commuters' actions demonstrated “people power”. Peiser stressed that “the issue would not go away with the report,” and that “We (the Global Warming Policy Foundation) have now commissioned our own inquiry into the way these three inquiries have been set up and run.” [55], The GWPF commissioned Andrew Montford, author behind the Hockey Stick Illusion and the man behind the skeptic blog Bishop Hill, to write the “enquiry” into the Climategate emails. “ANDREW MONTFORD APPOINTED GWPF DEPUTY DIRECTOR,” The Global Warming Policy Foundation, May 2, 2016. “Cost of ‘Net Zero’ Will Be Astronomical, New Reports Warn,” The Global Warming Policy Foundation, February 24, 2020.

Mordaunt was educated at Wells Cathedral School. “Great Barrier Reef is 'not at risk from climate change' says professor - as he claims global warming ENDED 20 years ago,” Daily Mail, October 12, 2018. “The Greening Earth: Probing Vegetation Conference From Past to Future” (PDF), July, 2013. Archived .pdf on file at Desmog. When climate changed in the past more slowly, it still caused mass extinctions. [187], [188], In the repost, the GWPF included an original graphic, with the text “Net Zero Like lockdown but PERMANENT” on what appeared to be an image of a crying woman. “UNCORRECTED TRANSCRIPT OF ORAL EVIDENCE: To be published as HC 444-i: Reviews into the Climatic Research Unit's E-mails at the university of East Anglia,” www.parliament.uk, September 8, 2010 .