Haha, maybe I'm a secret follower of Joshua Greene without reading a single paper from him =)

I have an impression that especially in the USA over the recent years the military officials have increasingly began talking about climate change as a security issue - that uncontrolled climate change is most likely going to spark social unrest and political turmoil, which will also harm the national security of USA. (And, indeed, the little I understand, the war in Syria was to some extent sparked by droughts, and the way the Assad regime responded to it.)

But as there is this psychological effect that we tend to stick with our original opinions, the first impression is always crucial. If the climate change has already been stigmatized as a partisan question, it might take some time for attitudes to shift. Let's see how this goes...