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Pyrrhic victory: the death spiral of the denial movement Watching the Deniers
It is far too early to declare victory, but its clear the denial movement is entering a death spiral.
Within a few years they will be a spent force.
I take no comfort in this: winning the climate debate is the ultimate Pyrrhic victory.
An article in todays Age notes the recent conversion of some high-profile sceptics of climate change:
has a confluence of extreme weather (fire, floods, heatwaves, mud slides) and dogged science sober, clear consensus statements such as that released yesterday by the Australian Academy of Science finally outmanoeuvred the engineers of denial? Are we at a tipping point in terms of public comprehension of the climate crisis? In terms of campaign denialism, is the jig up?
The article describes the about-face of one of the UKs most prominent sceptics:
Last week, the science editor of Britains proudly sceptical Daily Mail filed a long article from the Arctic under the headline, The Crack in the Roof of the World: Yes, Global Warming is Real and Deeply Worrying.
BBC: Do you agree that from 1995 to the present there has been no statistically-significant global warming
Phil Jones: Yes
BBC News - Q&A: Professor Phil Jones