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Climate Change Denial

This article is about the book on climate change denial. For the article on the broader topic, see Climate change denial.

Climate Change Denial: Heads in the Sand
Climate Change Denial: Heads in the Sand
Climate Change Denial: Heads in the Sand
AuthorHaydn Washington and John Cook; foreword by Naomi Oreskes
Cover artistRogue Four Design
LanguageEnglish
SubjectClimate change denial
GenreScience
PublisherEarthscan from Routledge
Publication date
22 April 2011
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typeHardcover
Pages192
AwardsAustralian Museum Eureka Prize for Advancement of Climate Change Knowledge[1]
ISBN978-1-84971-336-8
OCLC682903020
363.738/74
LC ClassLCCN 2010-46147
WebsiteAuthor website

Climate Change Denial: Heads in the Sand is a 2011 non-fiction book about climate-change denial, coauthored by Haydn Washington and John Cook, with a foreword by Naomi Oreskes. Washington had a background in environmental science prior to authoring the work; Cook, educated in physics, founded (2007) the website Skeptical Science, which compiles peer-reviewed evidence of global warming. The book was first published in hardcover and paperback formats in 2011 by Earthscan, a division of Routledge.

The book presents an in-depth analysis and refutation of climate-change denial, going over several arguments point-by-point and disproving them with peer-reviewed evidence from the scientific consensus for climate change. The authors assert that those denying climate change engage in tactics including cherry picking data purported to support their specific viewpoints, and attacking the integrity of climate scientists. Washington and Cook use social-science theory to examine the phenomenon of climate-change denial in the wider public, and call this phenomenon a form of pathology.

The book traces financial support for climate-change denial to the fossil-fuel industry, asserting that its companies have attempted to influence public opinion on the matter. Washington and Cook write that politicians have a tendency to use weasel words as part of a propaganda tactic through the use of spin, as a way to deflect public interest away from climate change and remain passive on the issue. The authors conclude that if the public ceased engaging in denial, the problem of climate change could be realistically addressed. Climate change denial is a serious threat to the planet and needs to be addressed urgently, as the consequences of inaction are dire.[2]

For his research on the book, and efforts in communicating the essence of climate-change science to the general public, John Cook won the 2011 Australian Museum Eureka Prize for Advancement of Climate Change Knowledge.[1] Climate Change Denial received a positive reception in reviews from publications including: The Ecologist,[3] ECOS magazine,[4] academic journal Natures Sciences Sociétés,[5] the journal Education published by the New South Wales Teachers Federation.[6]

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  2. ^ Oliver, John E. (2005), "Intergovernmental Panel in Climate Change (IPCC)", Encyclopedia of World Climatology, Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series, p. 429, doi:10.1007/1-4020-3266-8_109, ISBN 978-1-4020-3264-6
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