On Friday, 26 February 2021 at 21:10:45 UTC, wrote:
Nick Gardner wrote:

Denialist is rather a pejorative term with connotations. It is now used for
anybody that doesn't agree with either the narrative or somebody else's
opinions. It is used as an insult.

The term 'climate catastrophe' is a fairly recent term and designed to up the
fear.

if we not stop pumping CO2 into the atmosphere, the result will be the death of billions of people.

That is an alarmist & almost certainly ridiculous statement, as extreme as anything a denier might come up with.

Sadly I think it's too late to prevent significant climatic change. The exact nature of these changes is very hard to predict, hence the need to minimise the effect we are having. Reducing CO2 emissions seems something of a lost cause, preventing destruction of the rain forests would seem easier, but mankind is totalling failing with that. It's all about damage management now. I've always been concerned how polarised & extreme many statements that are made are, on both sides, which doesn't help.

As a member of Greenpeace for decades I am deeply concerned about the damage we are doing to the planet. I joined after witnessing the devastation of the Torrey Canyon disaster, much of the oil appeared on the beach in front of me. Apart from the devastation caused (much by the detergent sprayed on it) the stench was awful.

My own personal view is that plastic pollution may end up being more devastating than climate change.

Graham
Penzance