Beyond Climate Change Denialism: Conceptual Challenges in Communicating Climate Action Obstruction

Research by Núria Almiron and Jose A. Moreno suggests that focusing on 'denialism' oversimplifies the reasons for political inaction on climate change. While climate change denialism is influential in the United States, the authors argue that it cannot explain inaction in the US or Europe, and they call for a framework that identifies a broader spectrum of responsibilities beyond simple denial.

• The media and some academic circles have oversimplified the causes of political inaction on climate change by focusing primarily on the climate countermovement and literal denialism.
• Academic evidence indicates that denialism alone is insufficient to explain political inaction regarding the climate, specifically in the United States and Europe.
• There is a need for a more sophisticated analytical framework that moves beyond the binary of denying or not denying climate change to identify a wider range of responsibilities for inaction.

APA

Almiron, N., & Moreno, J. A. (2022). Beyond Climate Change Denialism: Conceptual Challenges in Communicating Climate Action Obstruction. Climate Social Science Network. https://cssn.org/beyond-climate-change-denialism-conceptual-challenges-in-communicating-climate-action-obstruction/

Chicago

Almiron, Núria, and Jose A. Moreno. Beyond Climate Change Denialism: Conceptual Challenges in Communicating Climate Action Obstruction. Climate Social Science Network, 2022. https://cssn.org/beyond-climate-change-denialism-conceptual-challenges-in-communicating-climate-action-obstruction/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{almiron2022beyond, author = {Almiron, Núria and Moreno, Jose A.}, title = {{Beyond Climate Change Denialism: Conceptual Challenges in Communicating Climate Action Obstruction}}, institution = {Climate Social Science Network}, year = {2022}, month = feb, url = {https://cssn.org/beyond-climate-change-denialism-conceptual-challenges-in-communicating-climate-action-obstruction/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }