Richard Collins: When climate change denial is the hottest thing for some people

Why is climate change denial so prevalent? Researchers suggest that deniers define themselves by being climate sceptics
Richard Collins: When climate change denial is the hottest thing for some people

Climate change denial: By turning a blind eye to the evidence, we avoid having to change our destructive ways

Video meliora proboque deteora sequor — Ovid. [I see the good but I follow the bad]

Temperatures worldwide have been 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels for an entire year. Every month since last June has been the warmest on record. We know that we are undermining the life-support system that sustains us but few seem willing to grasp the nettle. As Leibniz said, human nature is both godlike and weak.

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