climate denial

American  

[klahy-mit di-nahy-uhl] / ˈklaɪ mɪt dɪˌnaɪ əl /

noun

1. the refusal to accept the existence or validity of climate change.

   She has railed against the climate denial of her predecessor.

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Other Word Forms

• climate denialism noun

Etymology

Origin of climate denial

First recorded in 2005–10

Example Sentences

So, what's ironic is that, of course, the George Marshall Institute in later years would remake itself as a climate denial group.

From Salon • Sep. 29, 2023

You can listen to Twitter 'ninjas' against climate denial on BBC Sounds.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2023

In his 2016 book, “The Great Derangement,” the Indian writer Amitav Ghosh says it’s unwise to reduce climate denial to “only a function of money and manipulation.”

From New York Times • Oct. 5, 2022

"Companies are starting to see the writing on the wall — that there's no more room for climate denial," Michael Khoo, who works on climate misinformation for Friends of the Earth, said in an interview.

From Scientific American • Oct. 8, 2021

Amy Westervelt, a climate accountability journalist and Heglar’s co-host on “Hot Take,” has spent her career reporting on fossil fuel companies and the role they play in sowing the seeds of climate denial.

From Washington Post • Jul. 30, 2021