Climate delay is all about discouraging climate action. This includes:
- Suggesting that others need to act first before we do
- Claiming that disruptive changes are not necessary to achieve our goal.
- Focusing on imperfections in the proposed solutions and using them to argue against implementation.
- Leading you to believe that it’s simply not possible to mitigate climate change.
- Misleading you into believing some actions have a greater climate impact than they actually do.
While some of these arguments hold some truth and are important to discuss in certain contexts, solutions don’t have to be perfect or “all-or-nothing” to be implemented. Suggesting otherwise is only delaying urgent and much needed climate actions.
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Whataboutism, the ‘free rider’ excuse, policy perfectionism, appeal to well-being, fossil fuel solutionism… What does that all mean?
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- Greenwashing – the deceptive tactics behind environmental claims | FR : Verdissement d’image – les tactiques trompeuses qui se cachent derrière les affirmations environnementales
- Environmental claims and greenwashing | FR : Déclarations environnementales et écoblanchiment
- Don’t be bamboozled: the real deal with “bamboo fabric” | FR : Pas si zen : la vérité sur les tissus de bambou
- Global sweep finds 40% of firms’ green claims could be misleading
- Volkswagen and Audi to pay up to $2.1 billion to consumers and $15 million penalty for environmental marketing claims | FR : Volkswagen et Audi paieront jusqu’à 2,1 milliards de dollars aux consommateurs et 15 millions de dollars en sanction pour leurs représentations environnementales
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- Misinformer Tactic: Ad Hominem Attack | FR : Tactique de désinformation : Attaque ad hominem
- Misinformer Tactic: Red Herring | FR : Tactique de désinformation: La diversion
- Misinformer Tactic: Doubt Mongering | FR : Tactique de désinformation : Semer le doute
- Misinformer Tactic: Slippery Slope | FR : Tactique de désinformation : la pente glissante
- Misinformer Tactic: False Dichotomy | FR : Tactique de désinformation: la fausse dichotomie
- Misinformer Tactic: Firehose of Falsehood | FR : Tactique de désinformation : Le trop-plein d’informations
