One of the greatest examples of denial, which I have been battling since I was 10 yrs of age .........is the lack of recognition of the stupidity of population growth, both here and globally.

Save the other species, our health and the planet by balanced migration
( out = in) and encourage just 2 children at around 30 yrs of age.

Best,

Ralph

"Despite conclusive evidence, some people still believe in an ongoing climate catastrophe."

There, I fixed it for you, But here's a tip for the future; when you're trying to claim that something has 'conclusive evidence', it helps to actually provide some. Right now the AGW movement resembles a bridal party locked out of their reception venue looking for the key: "Where's the evidence? They gave you the evidence!" "No, I thought YOU had the evidence!"

Hi Robert,

It sounds like you have a very good understanding of denial. I suspect in your case it is reflective angst and appears to be presented in the first person.

Can you offer any solutions

"many people refer to 'climate change' (which sounds almost benign) and some even argue that it is a natural phenomenon"

Yep, that would definitely be me. To state that climate change is NOT a natural phenomenon would, to me, be quite delusional. Even, I would suggest, a distinct medical pathology were it to occur in a mildly literate aware human being.

" These people are so frightened of acknowledging the genuinely catastrophic state of affairs and its human cause"

Robert. Perhaps this point may hold some validity if it were to be accompanied with some demonstrable examples of this current "catastrophic state" for example:

Global mean average temperature rise in the past 20, 50, 100 years.
Rates of sea level rise in my lifetime
Number of pacific islands lost
Australian droughts/floods different from all those in my lifetime/historically.
Number and intensity of cyclones, typhoons, storms In past 100 years (trend)
Oscillating arctic/Antarctic sea ice extent. (Damn Vikings)
Number of GCM models matching actual measurements.
Predicted 'new normal' droughts, oops, predicted 'new normal' floods.

Sorry Paul, I am really struggling to visualise the "catastrophic" state you refer to.

I guess I suffer from a "phenomenal variety of dysfunctionalities that adversely impact on the individual" like myself. (I refrain from inserting a belly laugh moticon for fear of upsetting you).

Robert

u obviously missed the idiotic predictions of the likes of Gore and Flannery who have fleeced the public despite being totally wrong. You obviously deny the corruption of the IPCC who fiddled the data. U obviously also forget that some of us were around when in science we were taught the planet was going to freeze, oil would be run out by 2000 and that the Y2k bug was going to cause diaster. Only the pig headed scientist or the ones on the dwindling gravy train could possibly still hold the dogmas you accuse others of denying.

We should all keep in mind that runner thinks that Charles Darwin was "wrong" too.