Dissonance: the climate policy paradigm

When the climate breaks bad, will there be answers?

"Cognitive dissonance: an uncomfortable feeling caused by holding conflicting ideas simultaneously. The theory of cognitive dissonance proposes that people have a motivational drive to reduce dissonance. They do this by changing their attitudes, beliefs, and actions. Dissonance is also reduced by justifying, blaming, and denying." [wikipedia]

Sound familiar? In this essay first published in "Dissent" magazine, dissonance is located at the heart of the current climate policy paradigm: "Climate policy delusion. Cognitive dissonance. Denial. The terms are many, the madness stark."
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