Climate Change Scepticism
A Conceptual Re-Evaluation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4181997 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Willem Van Rensburg (The University of Queensland, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2015-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | SAGE Open (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2158-2440 • E-ISSN: 2158-2440 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/2158244015579723 |
| OpenAlex | W2194925229 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 49 |
| References cited | 24 |
Climate change scepticism" is a familiar concept in popular and scholarly discourse and generally refers to a family of arguments and individuals that reject, dispute, or question the orthodox view of the climate issue. At close range though, it is evident that the concept is often used casually, without consideration of the complexity of the category it represents. Scholars have varied interpretations of the concept and sometimes actively dispute its meaning and reach. The article proposes that the sceptic phenomenon can be variegated according to the types of sceptic critiques and, additionally, according to sceptics' attitudinal characteristics. Taxonomies are proposed for each. The types of sceptic arguments are organised in a conceptual hierarchy consisting of two classes of critiques ("core" and "concomitant"), three centers of scepticism ("evidence," "process," and "response"), and seven specific objects of scepticism. For the attitudinal characteristics of sceptics, the article takes stock of the different motives, modes, and certainties of belief among sceptics. It proposes some relabeling of the category and subcategories to more accurately describe nuances in sceptic positions, as well as to dispose of unproductive labels. The article suggests how the refined conceptualisation might help observers and policy practitioners to manage the sceptic challenge in a more discerning and constructive fashion
Constructive · Economics · Epistemology · Phenomenon · Positive economics · Skepticism · Sociology · Climate Change Communication and Perception · Computer Science · Environmental Education and Sustainability · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
Many shades of climate skepticism
Psychology of Climate Change
As the planet heats, public doubt grows
Inconvenience versus Rationality
Le populisme climatique de Donald J. Trump et le libre marché des idées
Green Is the New Bad Libertarian Populism and the Edgar Friendly Style of Climate Denial
Echo chambers, polarization, and “Post-truth”
Far-right narratives of climate change acceptance and their role in addressing climate skepticism
Correlates of belief in climate change
Shades of Swedish climate scepticism
Do Conservative Media Provide a Forum for Skeptical Voices? The Link Between Ideology and the Coverage of Climate Change in British, German, and Swiss Newspapers
Pro-Environmental Nationalism is Still Nationalism
Being Skeptical? Exploring Far-Right Climate-Change Communication in Germany
Karfreitag for Future
How Believing Climate Change is a “Hoax” Shapes Climate Skepticism in the United States
Advancing Global Social Change
Dealing with the Quiet Opposition? News Coverage of Climate Skepticism in Two Finnish Newspapers 1990–2021
Being everything for everybody all at once
Probing into the sources of ignorance
Análisis discursivo del escepticismo climático en los medios impresos y digitales españoles entre 2015 y 2021
Muddying the waters on climate change
Climate obstruction in unlikely contexts
Counteracting climate denial
Is it all about distribution? – Debating the Green Deal in the European Parliament
No to the ‘mad’ Green Deal, yes to ‘quality’ Czech food
Why Climate Policy is (not) Needed
The political ideological dimensions of meat consumption
Opposing positions, dividing interactions, and hostile affect
Ill-informed or ideologically driven? Climate change awareness and denial in Europe
Coping with an antagonistic climate
Nationalism, populism and climate scepticism in Australia
Why didn’t the sirens wail on the roofs?”
De/legitimising EUrope through the performance of crises
Is populism a challenge to European energy and climate policy? Empirical evidence across varieties of populism
Socioeconomic Roots of Climate Change Denial and Uncertainty among the European Population
Scepticisms and beyond? A comprehensive portrait of climate change communication by the far right in the European Parliament
Who's Interested in Global Warming
And the Evidence Was Irrefutable
It’s a hoax! The mediating factors of populist climate policy opposition
From a cultural to a distributive issue
Ecofascism in the shadow of ‘patriotic ecology
Climate-Soviets,’ ‘Alarmism,’ and ‘Eco-Dictatorship
The climate crisis, policy distraction and support for fuel taxation
Have a little faith in deliberation? Examining the effect of participation in a citizens’ assembly on populist attitudes
Conditional environmentalism of right-wing populism in power
Cassandra from the far right
Retrogradism in context. Varieties of right-wing populist climate politics
Process skeptical populist framing of climate change in right-leaning media
Post-decisional logics of inaction
Denialism
The Rise of Global Warming Skepticism
Talking Past Each Other? Cultural Framing of Skeptical and Convinced Logics in the Climate Change Debate
Exploring Climate Change through Science and in Society
Climate Change Denial
Climate change
Organized Climate Change Denial
Quantifying the consensus on anthropogenic global warming in the scientific literature
What is climate change scepticism? Examination of the concept using a mixed methods study of the UK public
Scepticism and uncertainty about climate change
Climate of scepticism
Climate change scepticism and public support for mitigation
Moral Collapse in a Warming World
Defeating Kyoto
Wise contrarians
Climate Change Skepticism and Denial
Anti-reflexivity
| Unique citing works | 49 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 5,44 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 48 |