Multiple Board Departures From UK Climate Liars' Group; 2023 Income Down By Over 1/3 From Last Year

A climate denial think tank with ties to the Conservative Party has seen a series of high profile departures, including influential Tory peer Lord Frost, DeSmog can report. The Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF), the UK’s main climate denial group, has lost three board members in the second half of 2024, according to GWPF filings at Companies House.

Tory and Reform UK donor Terence Mordaunt, editor of The Conservative Woman Kathy Gyngell, and Lord Frost stepped down in August, September, and December respectively. The GWPF also announced last month that founding director Benny Peiser, who set up the group with former Conservative chancellor Lord Lawson in 2009, would be retiring “shortly”.

It's not clear what prompted these changes. The GWPF and outgoing board members did not respond to DeSmog’s request for comment. In January, the group reported its lowest annual income since 2016, with income for the period to September 2023 of £280,000, down £100,000 on the previous year.

The GWPF is part of the 55 Tufton Street network of think tanks that campaign against action to limit global warming. It publishes reports that cast doubt on established climate science, and lobbies for more fossil fuel extraction via its campaign arm Net Zero Watch (NZW). The GWPF has in the past expressed the view that carbon dioxide has been mis-characterised as pollution, when in fact it is a “benefit to the planet”.

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https://www.desmog.com/2024/12/16/tufton-street-climate-denial-group-global-warming-policy-foundation-loses-multiple-board-members/