Peter Taylor

Who is Peter Taylor?

Peter Taylor is one of the UK's leading environmentalists with a long track record of public activism and scholarship on issues ranging from nuclear safety, ocean pollution, biodiversity strategies, renewable energy and climate change. His recent work on global warming has proven controversial among his fellow environmentalists, with his 2009 book Chill: a reassessment of global warming theory arguing that most of the recent documented warming is caused by peaking natural cycles, that there is also a potential for global cooling and that adaptation not mitigation should be a priority. His views received widespread coverage in the media – with front page on the Daily Express, and articles in the online versions of The Mail, The Times and an Al Jazeera video.