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The idea of climate change violates scripture of all three Abrahamic faiths. So the truly faithful will reject the idea of climate change wherever it is mentioned on ideology alone.
The science of climate change has also been adopted by “the left”, so the political right must stridently oppose its existence it wherever it is mentioned, on principle alone.
That’s a majority of the population, right there, that will openly reject climate change in every way right up until it starves or kills them.
Not really. People are expected to be stewards of creation; it's entirely possible to be a poor steward who does horrible damage.
The Holy Father ends his Exhortation with a reminder that “emissions per individual in the United States are about two times greater than those of individuals living in China, and about seven times greater than the average of the poorest countries.” He goes on to affirm that “a broad change in the irresponsible lifestyle connected with the Western model would have a significant long-term impact. As a result, along with indispensable political decisions, we would be making progress along the way to genuine care for one another” (72).
That is from the Pope of the Catholic Church making up half the Christians in the world.
Islam also has a lot to offer in that respect.
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