Climate change may lead to millions of deaths. But don't tell that to a climate-change sceptic if you want them to do anything about it.rnInstead, focus on how mitigation can help people become more caring towards others or can promote technological development.rn"When people have disputes there's not much point convincing one party that they're wrong," says Paul Bain at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia.rnBain and colleagues asked 155 Australian climate-change sceptics how they thought their country would be different in 2050 if action were taken now to mitigate climate change, and how likely they would be to adopt green activities.
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