greenlash

Noun

greenlash (plural greenlashes)

1. (informal) A backlash against environmental concerns.
   • As EU countries such as Spain, Slovakia and Poland prepare for elections later this year, and with European parliament elections in 2024, there is a real risk that rightwing, populist parties will latch on to the “greenlash” and surge back in the polls.2023 July 12, Nathalie Tocci, “After two years of real progress on climate, a European ‘greenlash’ is brewing”, in The Guardian
   • Unlike in many countries in Europe, where motorists, farmers and rightwing groups have been driving anti-climate action, the UK has long enjoyed a comfortable political consensus on the subject. But conditions for a greenlash are assembling.2025 April 19, Martha Gill, “There’s only one way to fight the climate greenlash: appeal to the naysayers’ self-interest”, in The Observer, →ISSN