Climate change denial is nothing new, and nor is criticism of policies designed to address it. Newsweek has spoken to experts in climate change policy and communication, who have charted what might lie behind it, and where it might be going next. ‘Climate Change Is a Globalist Agenda To Control People’One assertion is that concerns about climate change and policies aimed to curb it are part of a global agenda designed to control people’s choices and limit their freedom. While such criticism is often apparently based on genuine fears for people’s jobs or excessive government regulation, the language echoes conspiracy theories about climate change. Forsyth said discussions about climate change were being “twisted” to address “older, tribal debates” to engage people in the issue.
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