The Psychology of Climate Change Denial

The Psychology of Climate Change Denial

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Summary:

Even with a growing base of knowledge around climate change, more and more people are denying it, as we do not want to believe in climate change. People do not want to believe that their life-styles are causing devastation, as they do not want to confront their own roles. It is a scary thing, climate change, and we do not want to think about it. So, we create a bubble around our world and pretend that it is only affecting places like Bangladesh or Maldives.

Analysis:

It is a scary thought that climate change is happening. However, at least to me, it is an even scarier thought that humans can just deny things that are worrisome. People who deny climate change are no different than people who deny the holocaust. Both have indisputable proof, and both have people who were directly affected by it. Climate change denial is definitely one of the biggest hurdles in dealing with climate change, as it is hard to try to fix a problem that is so often thought to not exists. I think that politicians are not dealing with the issue of skepticism or climate change correctly. Currently it seems that politicians are dealing with climate change in a very small way, with not much attention put onto it. Instead, they should deal with skepticism. A large goal of the Obama Administration should be to educate people on climate change, as once people believe in climate change, we can start solving this.

"The Psychology of Climate Change Denial." Wired.com. December 09, 2009. Accessed February 02, 2013. http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/12/climate-psychology/.