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Twitter thread shows there is a concerted effort to deny climate emergency

Dr Aaron Thierry said the thread shows key examples of why there is a delay on climate action, and said it follows ‘years of climate denial’ by some of the British media.

Andra Maciuca by Andra Maciuca
2021-08-13 16:49
in Environment, News, Politics
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There is a “concerted effort” from some of the British media to prevent action on the climate emergency, a researcher in climate communications has said.

Dr Aaron Thierry shared a thread on Twitter which he said shows key examples of why there is a delay on climate action, and said it follows ‘years of climate denial’.

“Denial is no longer an option, we’ve entered a new phase of predatory delay,” Thierry said.

‘Climate delay’ discourse

Thierry explained there are four ways in which the climate delay discourse is present in the UK press: by putting the responsibility to act on someone else, by encouraging “non-transformative solutions”, by highlighting the disadvantages of change and by suggesting change is impossible.

He gave an example of ‘whataboutism’ from an article by journalist Dominic Lawson in The Times, in which Lawson argued China is producing 27 per cent of global emissions, whilst the UK is “responsible for just one per cent”.

He then shared an article by journalist Dan Wootton in the Daily Mail, in which he said that “when it comes to climate change, China is the only word that actually matters”.

Thierry went on to show The Times’ energy editor Emily Gosden’s interview with Shell’s CEO Ben van Beurden. In the article, van Beurden called out unsustainable consumption patterns, such as “consumers who choose to eat strawberries in winter”.

Journalist Trevor Kavanagh’s attempt to promote fracking by supporting “cheap, clean shale gas” in an opinion article was also highlighted by the researcher.

So was Danish climate sceptic Bjorn Lomborg’s piece, claiming most of the world’s main problems could be solved with a fraction of money allocated to tackling climate change.

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It is increasingly clear that there’s now a concerted effort under way in parts of the British press to derail action on the #ClimateEmergency.

This?highlights key examples & shows how the main arguments are textbook #ClimateDelay 1/n pic.twitter.com/g7YSEBHTxs

— Dr. Aaron Thierry (@ThierryAaron) August 12, 2021

Jeremy Corbyn on climate spending

Meanwhile, Jeremy Corbyn slammed the government’s spending priorities as it emerged the Tories are spending just 0.01 per cent of GDP on fighting the climate crisis.

By comparison, it is spending more than two per cent of GDP on military every year, The Independent has reported.

According to chancellor Rishi Sunak’s March Budget, climate change mitigation policies were allocated only £145 million, whilst policies expected to increase carbon emissions were given £40 billion.

In a tweet, former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said: “The WWF [World Wildlife Fund] reports that the Tories are spending just 0.01 per cent of GDP on fighting the climate crisis.

“Yet at the same time, they are spending more and more money on nuclear weapons.

“They have the totally wrong priorities – it’s time to put people and the planet first.”

‘Focus on China and Germany instead,’ says Tory MP

Last week, Tory MP John Redwood suggested the UK cannot afford the costs of tackling the climate crisis at a national level.

He shifted focus towards the need for China and Germany to take action instead, and insisted “others will be reluctant to impose more costs and disruption on their economies” and said the UK “doesn’t want and afford” heat pumps.

But Keith Burge, director at the Institute of Economic Development, said today: “If you think net zero is expensive, wait until you see how much climate change costs”.

Related: Climate emergency: ‘Code red for humanity’ as Thunberg urges world to ‘be brave’

‘Wrong-headed:’ John Redwood slammed for comments about climate emergency

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