For some time now I have shuddered every time a politician or activist says that "climate change is real" or its variant "climate change is manmade".
The utterance of either of version is of no relevance to the global warming debate. The climate changes; that is undisputed. Mankind has affected the climate since he started clearing the forests with stone axes. As always the question is how much the climate might change, if at all.
I think we need a shorthand to express the fact that such a statement is a shibboleth of the green tribe rather than a meaningful contribution to a public conversation.
Would "The Empty Shibboleth" work?