The 5 Stages of Climate Grief written by University of Montana Professor Dr. Steven W. Running.
I recently took a fresh look at the widely recognized concepts on the "5 stages of grief" that Elizabeth Kubler-Ross defined back in the 1970s to summarize how people deal differentially with shocking news, such as being informed that they have terminal cancer. It seems that these stages of grief provide a very good analogy to how people are now reacting to the global warming topic, so I have formulated my "5 Stages of Climate Grief".
Via Daniel LaLiberte
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My summary:
1. DENIAL - "There is no global warming, and in fact, it's actually cooling."
2. ANGER - "Climate may be warming, but it is not caused by us puny humans." "It's all a huge hoax to enslave humanity!"
3. BARGAINING - "OK, human activities are causing the warming, but it is not so serious, and it might even be good for us."
4. DEPRESSION - "Oh God, it is serious, and it's way too late to stop it before global ecological catastrophes destroy half of all life and world wars destroy what remains of our civilization. We're doomed!"
5. ACCEPTANCE - "Get a grip! There are many things we can do to slow the damage, and reverse it in a very few decades. We have enormous amounts of renewable energy available to us, but we have to get busy tapping into it as soon as possible."
By the way, the 5 stages are not so clear cut, and not universal to everyone, but they are a useful guide anyway.