Those slogans are pretty equal. The idea that climate change is going to “kill the world” is not true; organizations like the IPCC predict that the world will c

Those slogans are pretty equal. The idea that climate change is going to “kill the world” is not true; organizations like the IPCC predict that the world will continue to function, albeit with significantly slowed economic growth and major problems for subsistence farmers. But some people find it strategically useful to raise the stakes, so you get climate advocacy organizations insisting that humanity will literally go extinct if we do not adopt their preferred climate policies. I’ve even encountered people who horseshoe theory into science denial, claiming that the politicians force researchers and journalists to downplay things and you’ve gotta read blogs if you want to know how bad things will really be.