Civil Society Coalition on Climate Change
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The Civil Society Coalition on Climate Change (or CSCCC) is an entity that maintains a website and describes itself as a global group of non-profit organization
s with a mission of "seek[ing] to educate the public about the science and economics of climate change
in an impartial manner." The Coalition identifies its membership as including 60 independent nonprofit organisations from 40 countries "who share a commitment to improving public understanding about a range of public policy issues." It calls itself "a free-market alternative to mainstream environmentalism." An India
n news media report states that it was founded by the International Policy Network
, a London
-based organization that receives support from Exxon Mobil.
The group publishes background papers and opinion editorials on the science and economics of climate change and maintains a blog. Its Civil Society Report on Climate Change was published in 2007, shortly before the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
conference in Bali
. CSCCC experts make media appearances, such as Julian Morris
's 2007 feature on Larry King Live
and his televised debate in 2008 with IPCC
head Rajendra Pachauri.
This IPN in the UK has Julian Morris as Executive Director. It is actually a part of the Atlas Group/Network (aka Atlas Economic Research Institute) which was founded by UK factory-chicken king, Sir Antony Fisher (one of PM Margaret Thatcher's economic gurus) and American Loctite millionaire Richard Krieble. They had funding support from Krieble, Richard Mellon Scaife, and Philip Morris. http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/jmi97g00/pdf Fisher is reputed to have had a primary hand in establishing up to 150 libertarian think-tanks around the world.
Fisher's daughter, Linda Whetstone, now works for the (Fisher-founded) Adam Smith Institute. She is also the chairperson of the International Policy Network, and is on the Boards of Directors of the Mont Pelerin Society, the Institute of Economic Affairs and the Atlas Group in the USA. http://atlasnetwork.org/blog/2010/01/board-members/ Coalitions and networks of this kind a common with Atlas Group think-tanks, and many of their key staff and directors serve on many different organisations. This faux-multiplicity amplifies the apparent strength of the public attacks on climate-change science. See also the Stockholm Network.http://archive.corporateeurope.org/stockholmnetwork.html and http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/avo83c00/pdf
Non-profit organization
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s with a mission of "seek[ing] to educate the public about the science and economics of climate change
Climate change
Climate change is a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It may be a change in average weather conditions or the distribution of events around that average...
in an impartial manner." The Coalition identifies its membership as including 60 independent nonprofit organisations from 40 countries "who share a commitment to improving public understanding about a range of public policy issues." It calls itself "a free-market alternative to mainstream environmentalism." An India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n news media report states that it was founded by the International Policy Network
International Policy Network
The International Policy Network is a global think tank headquartered in the City of London. It defines itself as a non-partisan, non-profit organization, but has also been described as a "corporate-funded campaigning group"...
, a London
London
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-based organization that receives support from Exxon Mobil.
The group publishes background papers and opinion editorials on the science and economics of climate change and maintains a blog. Its Civil Society Report on Climate Change was published in 2007, shortly before the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is an international environmental treaty produced at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development , informally known as the Earth Summit, held in Rio de Janeiro from June 3 to 14, 1992...
conference in Bali
Bali
Bali is an Indonesian island located in the westernmost end of the Lesser Sunda Islands, lying between Java to the west and Lombok to the east...
. CSCCC experts make media appearances, such as Julian Morris
Julian Morris
Julian Morris is director of think-tank International Policy Network, was formerly a Research Fellow and subsequently Director of the Environment and Technology Programme of the Institute of Economic Affairs. He is also a visiting professor of Economics at the University of Buckingham. Recently he...
's 2007 feature on Larry King Live
Larry King Live
Larry King Live is an American talk show hosted by Larry King on CNN from 1985 to 2010. It was CNN's most watched and longest-running program, with over one million viewers nightly....
and his televised debate in 2008 with IPCC
IPCC
IPCC may refer to:*Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, of the United Nations*Independent Police Complaints Commission, of England and Wales*Irish Peatland Conservation Council...
head Rajendra Pachauri.
This IPN in the UK has Julian Morris as Executive Director. It is actually a part of the Atlas Group/Network (aka Atlas Economic Research Institute) which was founded by UK factory-chicken king, Sir Antony Fisher (one of PM Margaret Thatcher's economic gurus) and American Loctite millionaire Richard Krieble. They had funding support from Krieble, Richard Mellon Scaife, and Philip Morris. http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/jmi97g00/pdf Fisher is reputed to have had a primary hand in establishing up to 150 libertarian think-tanks around the world.
Fisher's daughter, Linda Whetstone, now works for the (Fisher-founded) Adam Smith Institute. She is also the chairperson of the International Policy Network, and is on the Boards of Directors of the Mont Pelerin Society, the Institute of Economic Affairs and the Atlas Group in the USA. http://atlasnetwork.org/blog/2010/01/board-members/ Coalitions and networks of this kind a common with Atlas Group think-tanks, and many of their key staff and directors serve on many different organisations. This faux-multiplicity amplifies the apparent strength of the public attacks on climate-change science. See also the Stockholm Network.http://archive.corporateeurope.org/stockholmnetwork.html and http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/avo83c00/pdf
Member organizations
The coalition lists the following as its member organizations:- Adam Smith InstituteAdam Smith InstituteThe Adam Smith Institute, abbreviated to ASI, is a think tank based in the United Kingdom, named after one of the founders of modern economics, Adam Smith. It espouses free market and classical liberal views, in particular by creating radical policy options in the light of public choice theory,...
, UK - Alabama Policy Institute, USA
- Alternative Policy Solutions Institute, Pakistan
- Americans for Tax ReformAmericans for Tax ReformAmericans for Tax Reform is an advocacy group and taxpayer group whose stated goal is "a system in which taxes are simpler, flatter, more visible, and lower than they are today. The government's power to control one's life derives from its power to tax...
, USA - Asociación de Consumidores Libres, Costa Rica
- Association for Liberal Thinking, Turkey
- Berlin Manhattan Institute, Germany
- Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy, USA
- Cascade Policy InstituteCascade Policy InstituteCascade Policy Institute is a non-profit, non-partisan libertarian public policy research organization based in Portland, Oregon that focuses on state and local issues. The institute, founded in January 1991, seeks to "explore and advance public policy alternatives that foster individual liberty,...
, USA - Cathay Institute of Public Affairs, China
- CEDICE, Venezuela
- CEES, Guatemala
- Centre Des Affaires Humaines, Burkina Faso
- The Centre for Ethics and Technological Development, Nigeria
- Centro de Innovación y Desarrollo Humano, Uruguay
- CEPOS, Denmark
- CEPPRO, Paraguay
- China’s Center for Economic Transition, China
- CIIMA-ESEADE, Argentina
- CIEN, Guatemala
- Commonwealth FoundationCommonwealth Foundation for Public Policy AlternativesThe Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives is an independent, non-profit research and educational institute based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania...
, USA - CORE, USA
- European Center for Economic Growth, Austria
- Federazione Ambiente Agricoltura, Italy
- Free Market Foundation, South Africa
- Frontier Centre for Public Policy, Canada
- Fundacion Atlas 1853, Argentina
- Fundacion Libertad, Panama
- Hayek Institute, Austria
- IEEP, Ecuador
- Imani: The Centre for Humane Education, Ghana
- INESS, Slovakia
- Initiative of Public Policy Analysis, Nigeria
- INLAP, Costa Rica
- Institut Constant de Rebecque, Switzerland
- Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS), Malaysia
- Institute for Market Economics, Bulgaria
- Institute of Economic Analysis, Russia
- Institute of Public Affairs, Australia
- Instituto Democracia y Mercado, Chile
- Instituto de Estudios de la Accion Humana, Peru
- Instituto de Libre Empresa, Peru
- Instituto Liberdade, Brazil
- International Policy NetworkInternational Policy NetworkThe International Policy Network is a global think tank headquartered in the City of London. It defines itself as a non-partisan, non-profit organization, but has also been described as a "corporate-funded campaigning group"...
, UK - Istituto Bruno Leoni, Italy
- Jerusalem Institute for Market Studies, Israel
- John Locke Foundation, USA
- Liberales Institut, Switzerland
- Liberalni Institute, Czech Republic
- Libertad y Desarrollo, Chile
- Liberty Institute, India
- Lion Rock Institute, Hong Kong
- Lithuanian Free Market Institute, Lithuania
- Minimal Government Thinkers, The Philippines
- New Economic School, Georgia
- New Zealand Business Roundtable, New Zealand
- Reason FoundationReason FoundationThe Reason Foundation is an American nonprofit think tank founded in 1978 that also publishes Reason magazine. Based in Los Angeles, Reason is self-described as nonpartisan and publishes a statement of values that can best be described as libertarian...
, USA - Tennessee Center for Policy Research, USA
- Taxpayers’ Alliance, UK
- Washington Policy Center, USA
External links
- http://www.youtube.com/user/ipnlondon#p/u/14/gIBSKk0b3Zo[3
- http://www.youtube.com/user/ipnlondon#p/u/13/AiycS7t-peU[3
- http://www.youtube.com/user/ipnlondon#p/u/12/SE5Ixn7dxUU[4