1. Denial and the nature of science : What is denial? ; Science, uncertainty and the 'preponderance of evidence' -- 2. Climate science : Probability ; 'Forcing' ; Natural and human-caused greenhouse effect ; The carbon cycle ; Modelling ; Feedback ; Runaway climate change ; Is there a safe level of CO₂? ; The spinning 'greenhouse gamble' roulette wheel ; So what? Is there really a problem? ; Scientific and ethical disconnects -- 3. The five types of climate change denial argument : Conspiracy theories ; Fake experts ; Impossible expectations ; Misrepresentations and logical fallacies ; Cherry-picking ; Conclusion -- 4. The history of denial : The long history of denial ; Heaven and Earth -- 5. Do we let denial prosper? : Fear of change ; Failure in values ; Fixation on economics and society ; Ignorance of ecology and exponential growth ; Gambling on the future ; The media ; Despair, apathy and confusion ; Denial within our governments ; Psychological types of denial -- 6. Rolling back denial: the big picture : Because we let it ; What stops us accepting reality? ; Population ; The 'tragedy of the commons' continues ; How do you go about solving climate change? -- 7. Rolling back denial: the technological solutions : Technologies, appropriate and inappropriate ; Renewable energy ; Is nuclear power the way out? ; Is carbon capture and storage the solution? -- 8. Summary and conclusion -- Appendix: Greenscam and denial groups.