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Christopher Walter Monckton, 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley (born 14 February 1952) is a former British journalist.
The eldest son of the 2nd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley, Monckton was educated at Harrow School, Churchill College, Cambridge and University College, Cardiff. He joined the Yorkshire Post in 1974 and then worked as a press officer at the Conservative Central Office from 1977–79. In 1979, he became the editor of the Catholic newspaper, The Universe, and then as managing editor of The Sunday Telegraph's Magazine in 1981.
In 1983 he returned to the Conservative offices again, this time as Margaret Thatcher's policy advisor. Three years later, he became assistant editor of the newly-formed (and now defunct) newspaper, Today. His final job in journalism was as a consulting editor of the Evening Standard from 1987–92.
Monckton has since been a director of his own, namesake publishing company, Christopher Monckton Ltd since its founding in 1987. He is also a member of the Worshipful Company of Broderers, an Officer of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem and a Knight of Honour and Devotion of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
In 1999, he created the eternity puzzle, a geometric puzzle which involved tiling a dodecagon with 209 irregularly shaped polygons called polydrafters. A £1m prize was won after 18 months. By that time, 500,000 puzzles had been sold. A second puzzle, Eternity II, is to be launched in July 2007, with a prize of $2 million.
Upon the death of his father in 2006, Monckton inherited his title.
Views on Global Climate Change
Monckton has been in the news in recent months due to his scepticism of anthropogenic global warming. In November 2006, he published in the The Daily Telegraph a widely publicized article critical of the prevailing climate change opinions. After U.S. Senators Rockefeller and Snowe wrote a letter to the Chief Executive Officer of ExxonMobil asking him to stop funding think tanks that reject global warming, Lord Monckton wrote a letter to the senators reminding them of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and calling on them to reverse their position or resign. In February 2007, he published an analysis and summary of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report on climate change, which was critical of the panel's conclusions.
Monckton does not hold a degree in climate science or any related field, but he says his certainty in his conclusions comes from "training in the scientific method" while studying classics at Cambridge University. His claims and calculations concerning climate change have been challenged by climate scientists, including Gavin Schmidt of NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, and Dr. Stephen Harrison, Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography at the University of Exeter and Senior Research Associate at the Oxford University Centre for the Environment.,
In March 2007 Monckton challenged Al Gore to an internationally televised debate on climate change, which the former U.S. vice president has not as yet responded to.
External links
- IPCC Fourth Assessment Report 2007 Analysis and Summary
- Apocalypse Cancelled
- Climate Chaos? Don't believe it, The Daily Telegraph, Nov 5th 2006.
- Uphold Free Speech or Resign
- This is a dazzling debunking of climate change science. It is also wildly wrong - Comment on Monckton's report by George Monbiot.
- Monckton's response to Monbiot
- Bluffers' Corner: Christopher Monckton
- Real Climate: Cuckoo Science
- Observer Interview
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded byGilbert Monckton | Viscount Monckton of Brenchley 2006–present |
Succeeded byIncumbent |