[Leparamour]

>Except that the consensus on the science has been growing, in defiance of the consensus of politics and the public, which has been slow to get on board.

The consensus on man-made climate change has grown following the rise of aggressive identity politics and "social justice warrior" cancel culture on social media.

[anonporridge]

Alternatively, aggressive identity politics and "social justice warrior" cancel culture regarding climate change has grown following the rising scientific consensus that we have a disastrous future ahead of us.

Looking at another political/scientific issue, abortion, that is also steeped in aggressive identity politics and "social justice warrior" cancel culture which instead of growing in consensus that it is bad seems to be declining, I would argue that politics and social power follow rational thinking, not the other way around. At least on long enough time scales.