So how would you persuade people who don't believe in climate change for religious and/or short term economic reasons that climate change is is a very real and

So how would you persuade people who don't believe in climate change for religious and/or short term economic reasons that climate change is is a very real and extremely serious medium term threat? That's what the facts strongly suggest. Implying that people who use facts in argument are being rhetorical is - rhetorical itself.