I'm not aware of any such 'overwhelming consensus'.
I am, however, aware of carpetbagging leftists who think no lie is too big to advance their political agenda.
Exactly! The next question to be asked is just WHY must the "solution" be that Western democracies (the USA) PAY for EVERYTHING?
China has what, five times our population.
India has four times our population.
And Earth has 6-7 billion people over all.
Even if we literally spent every dollar on clean energy or whatever nonsense the liberals demand, it won't make a DENT in overall "pollution" or "climate change".
Why so many people fall for this garbage is a mystery.
I guess when you're fat and happy you can spend your time on useless fools errands all day long.