Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Explaining climate skepticism as coping mechanism

Denial is a "valid response" of people when confronted with tough times, and this response explains climate change deniers. So said Graeme Pearman, a climate consultant at the Lowy Institute for International Policy in Sydney, during the Greenhouse 2011 conference in Cairns, Queensland, Australia today.



According to Pearman, a large proportion of sceptics are "the type of people" that deny any problems facing them. "It is a normal coping mechanism," he said.



Climate change sceptics: just regular folk, in denial

Arcticle's conclusion:

Greg Withers, who works for the Queensland state government, told the conference that there is more than enough scientific evidence to justify government climate action:

"For policy-makers there's a certain amount of data and information that you require before you can make recommendations and take action... [with climate change]... that threshold has been reached and exceeded."

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