Climate‑activism as an elite demographic

Recent summaries claim climate activism participation is heavily skewed: majority female, overwhelmingly white, and concentrated among those with college degrees. Framing environmental activism as demographically elite shifts how we interpret its political legitimacy and explains why policy priorities may emphasize identity signalling over broad, cross‑class conservation tactics. — If accurate, this reframes climate politics by showing environmental movements are structured like other identity‑based elite causes, affecting messaging, coalition building, and which policies will be politically durable.