My DH is writing for an agency whose main client is a global organisation which has endless money to pump out green propaganda. When he research’s a the topic it almost invariably turns out to be based on flimsy or nonexistent evidence. Often they ask for actual lies to be disseminated.
This faith based propaganda is sent round an echo chamber of universities, media outlets like the BBC and Guardian, social media sites, public institutional bodies and national and international government. Businesses jump on the bandwagon for financial reasons.
There are very few voices which have a platform to counter the -sometimes - sheer Chicken Licken nonsense which is causing people to panic.
There is no need to panic about environmental issues except insofar as other less developed countries and continents have not got on board with even the smallest efforts to stop polluting the planet. And there is very little we can do about changing intransigent attitudes. Wearing a hair shirt oneself has never persuaded others to join in with the discomfort and pain.
The greater threat to humanity is in the authoritarian mindset and practices of the green movement which has become the new Puritanism. Its propaganda, lies and enforcing agenda are something we really need to fear.