Who is Nigel Lawson? And is he a climate change "expert"

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The name Nigel Lawson has been popping up a lot lately on climate change issues. Especially around the recent CRU stolen emailย controversy.

Our research team has completed a full background briefing on Mr. Lawson. You can check out the entire backgrounder here: Who is Nigelย Lawson?

Hereโ€™s some of theย highlights:

Climate Change Expert?

According to a search of Google Scholar, Lawson has not published any work in the area of climateย science.

Climate Contrarianย Family

Climate skepticism runs deep in the Lawson family.ย  His son Dominic Lawson is a journalist for the British newspaper The Independent.ย  Dominic Lawson has used his columns to question the science behind climate change and criticize the IPCC.ย  Ironically, Dominic Lawson is married to Rosa Monckton, the sister of the infamous climate denier Christopher Monckton.

The Global Warming Policyย Foundation

In 2009, Nigel Lawson founded a climate change think tank, The Global Warming Policy Foundation.ย  Although the organization presents itself as an independent and unbiased voice, it clearly has an agenda which is expressed loudly in its mission statement:ย  โ€œour main purpose is to bring reason, integrity and balance to a debate that has become seriously unbalanced, irrationally alarmist, and all too often depressinglyย intolerant.โ€

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Kevin is a contributor and strategic adviser to DeSmog. He runs the digital marketing agency Spake Media House. Named a โ€œGreen Heroโ€ by Rolling Stone Magazine and one of the โ€œTop 50 Tweetersโ€ on climate change and environment issues, Kevin has appeared in major news media outlets around the world for his work on digital campaigning. Kevin has been involved in the public policy arena in both the United States and Canada for more than a decade. For five years he was the managing editor of DeSmogBlog.com. In this role, Kevinโ€™s research into the โ€œclimate denial industryโ€ and the right-wing think tank networks was featured in news media articles around the world. He is most well known for his ground-breaking research into David and Charles Kochโ€™s massive financial investments in the Republican and tea partyย networks. Kevin is the first person to be designated a โ€œCertified Expertโ€ on theย political and community organizing platformย NationBuilder. Prior to DeSmog, Kevin worked in various political and government roles. He was Senior Advisor to the Minister of State for Multiculturalism and a Special Assistant to the Minister of State for Asia Pacific, Foreign Affairs for the Government of Canada. Kevin also worked in various roles in the British Columbia provincial government in the Office of the Premier and the Ministry of Health. In 2008 Kevin co-founded a groundbreaking new online election tool called Vote for Environment which was later nominated for a World Summit Award in recognition of the worldโ€™s best e-Content and innovative ICTย applications. Kevin moved to Washington, DC in 2010 where he worked for two years as the Director of Online Strategy for Greenpeace USA and has since returned to his hometown of Vancouver, Canada.

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