Tony Abbott says he is joining the Global Warming Policy Foundation because it has 'consistently injected a note of realism into the climate debate'.
The contrarian London-based Global Warming Policy Foundation aims to "promote a culture of debate, respect and a hunger for knowledge".
"People are naturally concerned about the environment, and want to see policies that enhance human wellbeing and protect the environment; policies that don't hurt, but help," the GWPF's mission statement reads. "He will further assist our objectives and help our efforts to foster a culture of debate, respect and scrutiny in policy areas that are currently dominated by intolerance, high emotions, moral reasoning and confusion," Dr Booth said.
"Right now, in countries like Australia, the impact of climate policy is to make electricity less affordable and less reliable rather than perceptibly to cool the planet. We need more genuine science and less groupthink in this debate - that's where the GWPF has been a commendably consistent if lonely voice."
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