climate denier

[klahy-mit di-nahy-er]

noun

1. a person who does not accept the existence or validity of climate change.

   Most of the summit protestors are climate deniers.

Word History and Origins

Origin of climate denier¹

First recorded in 2005–10

Example Sentences

Climate campaigner Auriel Dowty Glanville from Wimbledon said she was demonstrating because she believed the president was a "climate denier" and climate change was "the biggest threat facing us on Earth".

From BBC

So now we’ve ended up in a place where even a longtime climate denier like Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is being forced to push back against Greene and Taylor’s disinformation, admitting that there’s “zero evidence” such “weather modification” could have caused this.

From Slate

John Podesta, a Biden administration appointee, labelled the incoming president a climate denier and said he would dismantle environmental safeguards.

From BBC

The results promise to upend U.S. climate policy: In addition to returning a climate denier to the White House, voters also gave Republicans control of the Senate, laying the groundwork for attacks on everything from electric vehicles to clean energy funding and bolstering support for the fossil fuel industry.

From Salon

Just before I arrived, the country elected Javier Milei to the presidency, a rightist politician and climate denier.

From Salon