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Christopher Monckton
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Christopher Monckton is the third Viscount Monckton of Brenchley and a former advisor to the policy unit of the British government during the 1980s. He is a climate skeptic and is employed as Chief Policy Adviser for the Science and Public Policy Institute.[1] He has had articles published in The Guardian, and the American Physical Society claiming that global warming is neither man-made nor likely to be catastrophic. His critics, including The Guardian writer George Monbiot, point out that Monckton has only a "degree in classics and a diploma in journalism and...no further qualifications." [2]
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Monckton on Climate Change
Christopher Monckton has written many articles critical of current climate change science. In one article written for the Science and Public Policy Institute, Monckton criticized Al Gore's film, "An Inconvenient Truth", alleging that the film used very few facts, most of which were "substantially inaccurate".[3] Monckton's critique came on the heels of a British lawsuit in which a school official sued the British government for distributing the film in public schools.[4] A subsequent response from British scientists hit out at the judge for "misleading the public by ruling that Gore had made "errors"" when they considered the movie "presented an exceptionally high standard of scientific accuracy".[5]
Monckton admitted in an interview with conservative radio host Glenn Beck, that he played a role in the court hearings by prompting a friend to fund the court case in order to "fight back against this tide of unscientific freedom-destroying nonsense, which is what global warming is really all about".[6] Prior to this it had been revealed that a Scottish quarry magnate had bankrolled the legal action against An Inconvenient Truth via a fringe UK right-wing political party, the New Party.[7]
Lord Monckton is also funding the distribution in British schools of the film, "The Great Global Warming Swindle," as part of a "counter-campaign to undermine the scientific consensus on climate change." [8] This film is currently being investigated for claims from two of the scientists who took part "that the editing gave a misleading impression of critical data and their own viewpoints." [8]
Monckton also wrote a controversial article for the American Physical Society refuting the IPCC's conclusion that climate change is a largely human produced phenomenon. The APS, however, headlined the article with the disclaimer that "its conclusions are in disagreement with the overwhelming opinion of the world scientific community. The Council of the American Physical Society disagrees with this article's conclusions."[9]
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References
- ↑ Science and Public Policy Institute Personnel December 2009
- ↑ "This is a dazzling debunking of climate change science. It is also wildly wrong", George Monbiot, The Guardian Online, November 2006.
- ↑ "35 Inconvenient Truths - The errors in Al Gore’s movie" February 2009
- ↑ "Britain sued over Gore movie in schools", MSNBC website, September 2007.
- ↑ "UK scientists defend Gore film", BBC, October 2007.
- ↑ "Glenn talks with Lord Monckton", Glenn Beck Interviews Online, March 2008.
- ↑ "Revealed: the man behind court attack on Gore film", the Guardian, October 2007
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Please Sir--Gore's got warming wrong", The Times Online, October 2007.
- ↑ "Newsletter Article Causes Climate-Change Kerfuffle", Fox News Online, July 2008.
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Speeches and Articles by Monckton
- Christopher Monckton, "Great Is Truth, and Mighty Above All Things", Keynote address to the 2009 International Conference on Climate Change, March 10, 2009. (Download Video)
