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'''Climate change alarmism''' or '''global warming alarmism''' is the emphasis or exaggeration of extreme negative impacts of ]. The term also often used by those who disagree with the ] as an epithet for those who broadly adhere to the consensus view. |
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Scientists who agree with the consensus view on global warming often have been critical of those who exaggerate or distort the risks posed by global warming. ] has criticized such exaggeration, stating that he "disapprove of the 'ends justify |
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the means' philosophy" that would exaggerate dangers in order to spur public action.<ref>http://www.americanphysicalsociety.com/publications/apsnews/199608/upload/aug96.pdf</ref> Mike Hulme, professor at the ] and former director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, describes such exaggerations as "self-defeating," in that they engender feelings of hopelessness rather than motivating positive action.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6655449.stm</ref> |
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