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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.
