FACTSHEET: Christopher Monckton
DETAILS
3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley
liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Broderers
Officer of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem
Knight of Honour and Devotion of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
member of the Roman Catholic Mass Media Commission.
qualified Day Skipper with the Royal Yachting Association
Heartland Institute Expert on Global Warming
British consultant, policy adviser, writer, columnist, and hereditary peer. Currently a self proclaimed Global Warming Expert
Although he has asserted that as an hereditary peer he is "a member of the House of Lords, though without the right to sit or vote", the House of Lords has stated that "Christopher Monckton is not and has never been a Member of the House of Lords. There is no such thing as a 'non-voting' or 'honorary' member."
Educated at Harrow School, Churchill College, Cambridge, where he received a BA (Honours) in classics in 1973, and an MA in 1974, and University College, Cardiff, where he obtained a diploma in Journalism Studies
DEEDS
He was an unsuccessful candidate for a Conservative seat in the House of Lords in a March 2007 by-election caused by the death of Lord Mowbray and Stourton. Of the 43 candidates, 31 – including Monckton – received no votes in the election.
Source: desmogblog
ORGANIZATIONS
Heartland Institute
Source: Heartland 2010 Climate Conference Speaker List
Science and Public Policy Institute
Source: climaterealists.com
CFACT - Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow
Source: Bali UNFCC list of participants
International Climate Science Coalition
Source: ICSC list of who's who
SOURCES
ICSC list of who's who
http://www.climatescienceinternational.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=28
Heartland 2010 Climate Conference Speaker List
More than 70 speakers will make keynote presentations or participate in panel discussions at the Fourth International Conference on Climate Change, May 16-18, 2010 in Chicago.
http://www.heartland.org/events/2010Chicago/speakers.html
desmogblog
http://www.desmogblog.com/christopher-monckton
climaterealists.com
http://climaterealists.com/?id=4254
Bali UNFCC list of participants
http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/2007/cop13/eng/inf01p02.pdf