The
Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) is the
United Kingdom's most high-profile climate denier group. It opposes action to mitigate climate change. Founded by
Nigel Lawson,
[1] it is a registered educational charity "deeply concerned about the costs and other implications of many of the policies currently being advocated" to mitigate global warming.
[2]
Although founder Lawson claims to accept that anthropogenic global warming is occurring, this acceptance appears to be "considerably less than half-hearted;"
[3] the GWPF webpage banner image sports a short-term (2001-2010) temperature graph (blue, below) giving the appearance that the world is not warming.
Funding not transparent; just 1.6% comes from memberships
The Global Warming Policy Foundation does not reveal where its funding comes from.
[6] In their first years accounts they say "the soil we till is highly controversial, and anyone who puts their head above the parapet has to be prepared to endure a degree of public vilification. For that reason we offer all our donors the protection of anonymity".
[7] The accounts show the extent to which the secretive Foundation is funded by anonymous donors, compared with income from membership fees. Its total income for the period up to 31 July 2010 was
£503,302, of which only £8,168 (or 1.6%) came from membership contributions. The foundation charges a minimum annual membership fee of £100.
[8]
In 2012, the
Guardian exposed Lawson's links to coal-fired power companies in Europe.
[9]
Global Warming Policy Foundation - SourceWatch
Might just as well put the Koch Bros. name on what those people will say.