I think there's three reasons: 1. Anyone old enough, remembers that Florida and New York are suppose to be under water now. Going outside should be hazardous

I think there's three reasons: 1. Anyone old enough, remembers that Florida and New York are suppose to be under water now. Going outside should be hazardous, requiring that I cover every inch of my body or be instantly burned by the sun. My incredibly "green" 5th grade teacher told me that by about 20 years ago, water would be so scarce that we would all wash our bodies with wash cloths instead of showers. 2. It's undeniable that there is a natural component to climate change. You literally would have to be anti-science to ignore what we know about climate change throughout the planet's history, and even just within the Holocene.[1] You'd have to be a science denialist to ignore the non-human factors of climate change: solar acvitiy (which we cannot model), volcanic eruption (which we cannot stop), and sometimes we aren't even sure what caused drastic climate changes. 3. Climate change is the only constant. We know that even if there are no human emissions the climate does change drastically from little ice ages, to warming periods, all within a single human lifespan. Our current focus seems to be in denial of this. Instead of accepting that this is a natural process that we must prepare for, we seem to be hyper-focused on what can be described as real-time terraforming. What I've had most luck with is being more accurate. Instead of "humans are causing climate change", use "climate change is a natural process, but human activity seems to be destabilizing it and making it more extreme". Don't use average temperature like this article did, because most people think a constant +2 degrees year-round. It's all about volatility: a winter that's 10 degrees colder, followed by a summer that's 14 degrees warmer. From then though, it becomes a bit harder because you're in the policy side of things. The UN SDG and WEF are honestly not helping anyone with their messaging. The focus should be on things like building resilient food supply chains so that food can be plentiful an affordable, even when natural disasters hit. Everyone would be in favour of that. Instead we get a moronic "Meat will be a special treat", and by the way "you will own nothing and be happy".[2] Good luck with anyone but a Davos Elite being on board for that. --- [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_periods_and_events_in_climate_history#Holocene https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_periods_and_events_in_... [2] https://twitter.com/wef/status/983378870819794945 https://twitter.com/wef/status/983378870819794945