The Audience Was Right, Climate Warning Messages Are Harmful to Everyone – Are You Happy With That?
Via Linnea Lueken
A recent editorial in The Spectator claimed that alarmist messages such as warnings of impending doom by climate activists and the United Nations are exaggerated and even harmful. This is true. Data shows that there are no human disasters due to climate change, and studies show that warning messaging is counterproductive and harmful to the mental health of those who let it happen. pay attention to it.
Posts, “The irresponsibility of ‘two years to save’ Planet’” written by Ross Clark, describes the hyperbolic language used by climate alarmists, such as the notion of a climate crisis or a countdown to disaster, and how it backfires. or even how harmful it is. This discussion follows recent statements by the executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, in which he declared that there are only two years left to save the planet.
Clark points out that these “just a few years away” warnings have been issued multiple times and “[b]According to my math, that means we were doomed decades ago, so I’m resigned to sitting back and calmly waiting for the end, like an old couple sitting in a folding chair on their child. The Titanic held hands as the ship sank.”
Humor aside, Clark’s views are shared by many, not least those skeptical of the climate crisis narrative. Climate realism reported on a trend last year in the media that acknowledged disaster reporting has become counterproductive even among those who would support them, as climate “doomsmen” begin to believe it is too late to do anything about climate change, so why bother.
WaPo stated at the time “some scientists and experts worried that their defeatism – which could undermine action efforts – could be as dangerous as climate denial.”
Climate realism previously discussed another article by Clark, in which he pointed out that “if you believe that human society is doomed anyway – as 56% of young people apparently do – the incentive to cut back What are emissions?
However, aside from the generally non-issue of climate indifference, there is a worrying result of catastrophizing, which is the mental health of young people. Clark spoke about a 2021 study that asked students at the University of Bath between the ages of 16 and 25 about climate change. This study found that “45% of people in this age group are so worried about climate change that it affects their lives.” – daily life, while 56% said they think humanity is doomed and 40% said they hesitate to have children because they would raise them in an uninhabitable world.”
He went on to say that “[n]o a reasonable interpretation of the evidence would say that humanity is doomed by a changing climate,” which is absolutely true. The weather is not getting better extremelyThis planet is getting greener and greener Crop yields are increasingand problems like sea level increases is happening at a very manageable pace.
Climate realism also addressed the fact that many people’s mental health is being impaired by media coverage of climate change, This, ThisAnd This, For example. The media and alarmists have pushed dire stories that real-world data has debunked, but unfortunately, a lot of people believe the hype and don’t check or do anything. follow science.
It is always beneficial when media outlets, such as The Spectator, publish commentaries that bring much-needed balance to the discussion. In the face of overwhelming evidence that there is no imminent climate crisis, it is unreasonable to fear or be deeply saddened by climate change. Efforts like Clark’s are needed to empower people with the truth against disaster.
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