Who we are
Net Zero Watch highlights the serious implications of expensive and poorly considered climate change policies.
We will scrutinise policies, establish what they really cost, determine who will have to pay, and explore affordable alternatives.
Increasingly, conversations about climate and energy policy are becoming narrow and polarised. We are here to give you a clear view of the reality of climate and energy policies and what they mean for you.
We all want to see a cleaner and better environment for future generations, but if climate and energy policies are rushed and their costs and implications not fully thought through, they will almost certainly do more harm than good.
Key campaigning issues
For a balanced and open debate
Climate science and climate policies can only move forward if they can be freely and openly debated. We are concerned that a narrow ‘groupthink’ and cancel culture is limiting the discussion and preventing important issues and concerns being scrutinised. Net Zero Watch will be campaigning for more balanced and transparent scrutiny of climate science and policy research.
For viable solutions
Climate science and climate policies can only move forward if they can be freely and openly debated. We are concerned that a narrow ‘groupthink’ and cancel culture is limiting the discussion and preventing important issues and concerns being scrutinised. Net Zero Watch will be campaigning for more balanced and transparent scrutiny of climate science and policy research.
For consistent climate and international policies
The inability of the international community to agree legally binding CO2 reduction targets shows that unilateral climate policies have failed. Net Zero Watch will argue for the development of alternative approaches that are politically realistic and economically feasible.
Board and director
Neil Record (Chairman) — Neil Record was educated at Balliol College, Oxford, Essex University and University College, London. He holds an MA in Philosophy and Psychology, and an MSc in Economics. He worked in the Economic Intelligence Department of the Bank of England, and as an economist in industry before starting his own business, which became Record plc. He is a former Chairman of the Institute of Economic Affairs. He is formerly a Visiting Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford. He is a Fellow of the Association of Corporate Treasurers. He has authored one book (Currency Overlay, Wiley, 2003); several papers on the UK public sector pension system, and was runner-up in the Wolfson 2012 Economics Prize with an entry on the future of the Euro.
Martin Bralsford — Martin Bralsford is a Chartered Accountant. He is a former President of the Jersey Chamber of Commerce and a former chairman of the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust.
Dame Andrea Jenkyns MP — Andrea Jenkyns is the Reform Party candidate for mayor of Greater Lincolnshire. She was a Conservative MP from 2015 to 2024, and was Parliamentary Under-Secretary in the Department for Education and an Assistant Whip.
Lord Frost: David Frost, Lord Frost of Allenton, was Europe adviser to Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Minister for EU relations. He is now a Conservative member of the House of Lords, writer, and commentator. He is a former British diplomat and ambassador.
Director: Andrew Montford
Funding
Net Zero Watch is funded by private donations. In order to make clear its complete independence we do not accept gifts from either energy companies or anyone with a significant interest in an energy company.