Organisations promoting climate science denial and
anti-environmentalism in Europe share the same rhetoric, narratives and
right-wing links as their US counterparts, new research has found.The paper published in the journal Climatic Change examines publications from eight of the most prominent contrarian thinktanks in six EU countries over 24 years from 1994 to 2018, and argues the organisations enjoy a “remarkable” level of political influence for their size.
These include the UK-based Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF), the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) and the Centre for Policy Studies (CPS), as well as the German Europäisches Institut für Klima und Energie (EIKE), the Austrian Economics Centre (AEC), Institut Économique Molinari (IEM) in France, Instituto Juan de Mariana (IJM) in Spain and the Liberales Institut (LI) in Switzerland.
The researchers found an increase in environmentally-focused activity
by these organisations in Europe after 2007 and again between 2015
and 2018.
From DeSmog
The publications echoed the arguments put forward by US thinktanks, with a fifth denying climate science outright. Of those which accepted that the planet is warming, many downplayed the role of people in causing it, were sceptical about policies to tackle the problem, or argued that climate change was actually a good thing.
As well as openly contesting climate science, many of the critiques were aimed at environmental campaigners, politicians or journalists.
“Well-worn climate change counter-frames” spread by US thinktanks are being “consistently circulated” by European organisations, too, the research concludes.
Go to complete DeSmog article By Isabella Kaminski • Thursday, September 17, 2020
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