For all its green talk, China is sticking to fossil fuels   London, 12 December – While leaders of western countries fret about their greenhouse gas emissions in Katowice, China is forging ahead with new projects and investments in coal and gas. According to a new paper from the Global Warming Foundation (GWPF), the Communist Party’s survival depends on […]

London, 22 November: At an event last night in the House of Commons, the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) launched a new report, reviewing the economic and social impact after ten years of the UK’s Climate Change Act (CCA).     The Climate Change Act at Ten: History’s Most Expensive Virtue Signal, written by Rupert […]

New book debunks link between population growth and catastrophic climate change scenarios. Many scholars, activists and policy-makers argue that improving the living conditions of a growing population can only result in unsustainable increases in greenhouse gas emissions. Because some economic and climate models suggest that having fewer children is the best way to reduce overall […]

Review of official data finds UK climate is more stable than predicted   London, 23 October: Met Office weather data shows that the UK’s climate is changing very little. That’s according to a new briefing paper from the Global Warming Policy Foundation.   The review, which examines official temperature, rainfall, drought and other weather data shows that although temperatures increased slightly […]

London, 12 October: Lord Deben, Chairman of the influential Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has been found guilty by the BBC Executive Complaints Unit of misleading listeners of the Today programme.   The incident occurred on 28 June, when Deben was being interviewed by John Humphrys in advance of the CCC’s Progress Report to Parliament. During the segment, […]

It is with regret that I have to announce the death of my father David (P.D.) Henderson on Sunday September 30th 2018. Aged 91 years, he was formerly Head of what was then the Economics and Statistics Department of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris. After taking a first class degree […]

London 28 September: A review of UK media coverage of the shale gas industry concludes that major media outlets have been hyping claims of environmentalists while playing down the benefits.   The briefing, published by the Global Warming Policy Foundation, focuses on the output of the BBC and the Guardian, and outlines many examples of biased coverage. However, it […]

The 2018 Annual GWPF Lecture will be delivered by   Professor Richard S. Lindzen Global Warming for the Two Cultures   When: Monday 8 October 2018 — 7:00pm Where: Institution of Mechanical Engineers, One Birdcage Walk, London SW1H 9JJ Attendance is by invitation only