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‘Era of global boiling has arrived,’ says UN chief as July set to be hottest month on record
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 27 Jul 2023
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Seriously. Climate change is the most useless term, it doesn't have the necessary oomph. Call it climate destruction.
I think The Guardian has committed a few years ago to call it the 'climate crisis' (they also have a dedicated category page with the title). But yeah, language matters. I tend to use climate catastrophe.
I like the name climate crisis. It's formal sounding but conveys the direness of the situation much better than climate change.
I'm with you, I've started referring to it with this name. It's apt, we're in a current crisis not a situation that we will only see effects from generations from now. I talk to a lot of people who seem to think this is a next generation problem, even the current young generation.