Ward 's first significant involvement with climate change issues was in August 2005 when , as Royal Society communications director , he called on ExxonMobil to stop misrepresenting the state of the science . Ward 's communications with the company included the statement he found it " very difficult to reconcile the misrepresentations of climate change science ... with ExxonMobil 's claims to be an industry leader " . Ward learned from the company 's charitable giving statements that it had continued to provide significant funds to 39 organizations involved in " ... denial ... overstating the amount and significance of uncertainty ... or by conveying a misleading impression of the potential impacts of anthropogenic climate change . " In 2009 he commented on the Climatic Research Unit email controversy , saying that " The politicians wo n't be swayed by this . It 's basic physics that the world is being warmed by greenhouse gases , and politicians can see through the sceptics ' arguments . " He supported calls for an independent investigation into the controversy but believed the emails did not reveal evidence of wrongdoing . He also commented on how climate change denial had , in his opinion , been adopted as a political cause by the far right
Climatic Research Unit email controversy
Climatic Research Unit email controversy
Bob Ward (communications director)