US climate chief hits out at ‘disinformation’ and ‘demagoguery’ being used as tactics by special interests to delay action

US climate chief hits out at ‘disinformation’ and ‘demagoguery’ being used as tactics by special interests to delay action

The populist backlash against net zero around the world is imperilling the fight against climate breakdown and must be countered urgently or we face planetary destruction “beyond comprehension”, the US climate chief, John Kerry, has warned.

He hit out at the rise of “disinformation” and “demagoguery” which he said were damaging the transition away from fossil fuels, and being used as tactics by special interests to delay action.

“People are not being told the truth about what the impacts are from making this transition [to net zero greenhouse gas emissions],” he said. “They’re being scared, purposely frightened by the demagoguery that is oblivious to the facts or distorting the facts. And in some cases outright lying is going on.”

  • the post of tom joad
    51·
    9 months ago

    alright, so the prominent son of the wealthy Forbes family (no, not the magazine) is deflecting blame away from the american aristocracy?

    pikachu face

  • Tremble
    31·
    9 months ago

    Sounds like he is doubling down on blaming the people instead of the politicians who accept bribe money from the corporations.

  • Asafum@feddit.nl
    2·
    9 months ago

    Propaganda outlets.

    The sentence you’re looking for is: “We have too many propaganda outlets masquerading as News and outright lying to the population for financial gain and control of all the levers of power in government.”