The Global Warming Policy Foundation

The Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) is a UK-based think tank founded on 22 November 2009 by former Conservative Chancellor Nigel Lawson. It is registered as an educational charity and described by DeSmog as "the UK's most prominent climate science denial group". A 2015 GWPF report claimed that carbon dioxide has been "mercilessly demonised" when it is "a benefit to the planet" and should be "two or three times" its current level. The GWPF does not disclose its donors; when asked, founder Nigel Lawson said he relied on friends who "tend to be richer than the average person and much more intelligent than the average person". Confirmed funders include Neil Record and Conservative donor Michael Hintze. Its current director is Conservative peer Craig Mackinlay; its board of trustees includes Telegraph columnist Allison Pearson and Labour MP Graham Stringer.

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Net Zero Watch Net Zero Watch is the campaigning arm of GWPF [src]

Craig Mackinlay director Mackinlay has been the Director of GWPF since 2025 [src]

Steve Baker former Baker was on GWPF's Board of Trustees between 2021 and 2022 [src]

Allison Pearson Pearson sits on GWPF's Board of Trustees. She was previously the organisation's director between 2023 and 2025 [src][src]

Graham Stringer Stringer is on GWPF's Board of Trustees [src]

Kathryn Porter Porter has written multiple reports for GWPF [src][src][src]

David Frost former Frost was a trustee of GWPF between 2022 and 2024 [src]

Maurice Glasman Glasman delivered GWPF's annual lecture in 2025, entitled 'Why it is good to be warm: Energy as a common good' [src]

FairFuelUK The GWPF contributed to the APPG's reports, which were hosted on FairFuel's website [src]

Charles Moore former Moore was a trustee of Global Warming Policy Foundation between 2015 and 2022 [src]

Michael Hintze funder Hintze has funded the GWPF [src]

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