What Is Climate Religion?
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What Is Climate Religion?

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There is no formal “climate religion.” However, the term “climate religion” is sometimes used critically to refer to views that:

  • Climate change has become an absolutist belief system for some advocates.
  • Accepting climate science is framed in moral terms, not just evidence-based.
  • Policy proposals take a doctrinaire, uncompromising stance.
  • Climate activism allegedly pursues climate action with “evangelical zeal.”
  • Belief in climate change is non-falsifiable no matter what evidence emerges.

In this view, climate change advocacy crosses from evidence-based science into faith-based conviction immune to conflicting data.

However, most climate scientists and activists reject this characterization as a rhetorical tactic to undermine public trust in climate science and policy reforms. They argue:

  • Accepting scientific evidence is not equivalent to religious faith.
  • Passion for action comes from rationally assessing risks, not dogma.
  • Policy critiques conflate partisan divisiveness with extremism.
  • Climate science makes testable predictions proven right over decades.
  • Advocates demand meaningful responses proportional to scale of problem.

So in summary, “climate religion” is a charged term, not a neutral descriptor, used to critique certain climate activism as irrational. Most climate advocates deny this framing as inaccurate and dismiss the climate religion accusation as political theatrics, not impartial analysis.

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