That this is actually happening, that elected opposition parties are declaring climate change is not serious, is both frightening and evidence that saving the climate is likely to be a lost cause.

As Climate Change effects worsen Cons prey on people's fears declaring any attempts to ameliorate those effects and their causes as assaults on freedom, scared, angry people turn to authoritarians to save them.Right wing parties worldwide count on this.

https://thewalrus.ca/why-conservatives-turned-against-the-environment/