{"id":406476,"date":"2025-10-03T18:34:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T16:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=406476"},"modified":"2025-10-03T18:34:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T16:34:34","slug":"has-the-world-given-up-on-fighting-climate-change-the-climate-realism-show-176","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=406476","title":{"rendered":"Has the World Given Up on Fighting Climate Change? \u2014 The Climate Realism Show\u00a0#176"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"419\" data-attachment-id=\"406477\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=406477\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/00Screenshot-2025-10-03-171236.png?fit=1413%2C820&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1413,820\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"00Screenshot 2025-10-03 171236\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/00Screenshot-2025-10-03-171236.png?fit=723%2C419&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/00Screenshot-2025-10-03-171236.png?resize=723%2C419&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Image promoting the Climate Realism Show, featuring a sign asking, 'Has the world given up on fighting climate change?' with a microphone logo, and guest James Taylor highlighted.\" class=\"wp-image-406477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/00Screenshot-2025-10-03-171236.png?resize=1024%2C594&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/00Screenshot-2025-10-03-171236.png?resize=300%2C174&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/00Screenshot-2025-10-03-171236.png?resize=768%2C446&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/00Screenshot-2025-10-03-171236.png?resize=1200%2C696&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/00Screenshot-2025-10-03-171236.png?w=1413&amp;ssl=1 1413w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/yt3.ggpht.com\/ytc\/AIdro_nbFC65TF2vSmRND-z-tSnTQczJF6jiadJT6myXzyUVVEE=s48-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj\" alt=\"Logo of The Heartland Institute\" style=\"width:62px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@HeartlandInstitute\">The Heartland Institute<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Greenlash is defined as a backlash against clean energy transition. Others, such as farmers that have been straddled with restrictions, call it reverting to common sense. In the European Union there has been quite a protest movement pushing back and in Belgium farmers won that battle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now it is moving to politics. The New York Times recently reported. \u201cAfter years of political consensus on the transition to cleaner energy, a \u2018greenlash\u2019 began bubbling up as prices rose and right-wing candidates gained ground.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When The New York Times starts to wonder if the world has given up on fighting climate change, maybe it&#8217;s time to believe them? 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