To make progress on climate change, we must move past doomsday scenarios
Climate and environmental concern were dismissed and attacked for decades.<p>Reading the article it seems that the author is opining on Climate Communication, but that is not his main subject.<p>They pick a headline from climate activists “famines in Europe in 20 years” as an example of hyperbole, but “Half of the Great Barrier Reef Is Dead” is a headline.<p>Sure, extreme claims will hurt credibility when they don’t pan out. But does this really matter when solid climate science has already been “debunked” and dismissed by a range of Murdochian talking heads and cranks?<p>A necessary amount of emotional energy is needed for momentum to shift in stories. Even more energy is needed when someone is manipulating climate change coordination. Large scale communication for a movement is simple and designed for ease of repetition and emotional resonance.<p>This is what it looks like when you have enough pressure in the pot to counteract suppression.