The debate over climate change has long moved beyond scientific consensus. Today, denying climate change is not just a fringe belief—it is a deliberate political strategy, carefully crafted to build consensus by exploiting deep-seated psychological mechanisms. This is the argument put forward by Alon Tal and Shlomit Paz in their recent article for Nature Climate Change. Their analysis reveals how populist movements weaponize distrust, identity, … Continue reading Climate Denial as a Political Strategy: How Populism Exploits Psychology to Block Change