The foundation was established in November 2009 , shortly after the start of the Climatic Research Unit email controversy , with its headquarters in a room at the Institute of Materials , Minerals and Mining , subsequently moved to 55 Tufton Street , London SW1P 3QL . Its director is Benny Peiser , an expert on the social and economic aspects of physical exercise , and it is chaired by former Chancellor of the Exchequer Nigel Lawson . GWPF states that it is " deeply concerned about the costs and other implications of many of the policies currently being advocated " to address climate change and that it aims to " bring reason , integrity and balance to a debate that has become seriously unbalanced , irrationally alarmist , and all too often depressingly intolerant "
Climatic Research Unit email controversy
Climatic Research Unit email controversy
Global Warming Policy Foundation