Why do male climate change ‘sceptics’ have such a problem with women?

On 20 February, the Global Warming Policy Foundation will be launching a new pamphlet at the House of Lords, attacking the mainstream media for not giving more coverage to climate change ‘sceptics’.

The author, Christopher Booker, is a veteran male columnist for ‘The Sunday Telegraph’, and most, if not all, of his audience is likely to be male. Of the 65 pamphlets published by the Foundation since it was registered as an educational charity by Lord Lawson of Blaby in 2009, this is one of the 57 that have been written by men only.

However, male dominance of the Foundation’s other activities is even stronger. Of its 10 Trustees, all but one are men. All of the 25 members of its “Academic Advisory Council” are men. Its Chair, Director, Deputy Director, Science Editor, Energy Editor, Director of Development and Researcher are all men. And all seven of its annual lectures have been delivered by men.

Read the story by the policy and communications director at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics and Political Science, BobWard - “Why do male climate change ‘sceptics’ have such a problem with women?”