Humanity is not teetering on a cliff's edge, at risk of imminent catastrophe if we don't reach net-zero carbon emissions by a certain date.
Hulme argues that belief in the urgent fight against climate change has shot past the territory of science, becoming an ideology, which he calls 'climatism.'
The narrow focus on climate change can distract from other important moral, ethical, and political objectives, like helping people in the developing world rise out of poverty.
Many journalists and observers of climate change have become devotees of climatism, inaccurately attributing events like fires or floods solely to climate change.
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