• for: climate denial, climate denier, climate change denialism, climate change denial, climate change denier
• title
  • Why focusing on “climate change denial” is counterproductive
• authors
  • Christian Bretter
  • Felix Schulz
• source
  • https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2217716120

• date

  • March 1, 2023

• claim

  • We believe that the dichotomous view of
    • climate change “deniers” and
    • climate change “accepters”
  • is not helpful.
  • This way of framing the debate only stymies our path to a zero-carbon future. It does so for three primary reasons:
    • First, it creates an inaccurate picture by overstating the share and importance of climate change deniers for tackling climate change.
    • Second, a focus on climate denialism divides and polarizes society, further preventing constructive engagement with different opinions.
    • Third, it distracts us from concentrating on the more pressing question: how we should tackle climate change, not if.

• comment

  • I disagree with some of the claims, especially when there is a spectrum of disbelief that has significant impacts on dealing with climate crisis effectively.
    • for example, there is a lot of climate change denialism in the Republican party which is holding up adequate funding for dealing effectively with the climate crisis.

• There is a spectrum of climate denialism.
• This article focuses on a group called "dismissives", who are afraid of the change that climate change will bring.
• In essence, their climate denialism is a hidden form of eco anxiety
• They can be reacting fearfully
• It also explores the new strategy of climate delay _ One subject not explored here is cognitive biases
• https://jonudell.info/h/facet/?user=stopresetgo&max=300&expanded=true&any=cognitive+bias&exactTagSearch=true

= definition - dismissives - this is the most common form of climate denialism. - It isn't aggressive, but passive - dismissives are aware of climate change but - don't care - avoid it altogether

• = Title:
  • Climate deniers are victims not villains

!- world bank : leader is a climate denier

This is but one example of many where Bret Stephens has been corrected.