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climate crisis
[klahy-mit krahy-sis]
noun
a critical situation in which long-term change in the earth’s climate has severe adverse effects on the environment, necessitating immediate and bold countermeasures.
Brewers are taking notice as the climate crisis decimates Europe’s barley crops.
Word History and Origins
Origin of climate crisis1
Example Sentences
Imam Shofwan, an environmental campaigner from an organisation called Jatam, based in Jakarta, told BBC News: "They say nickel is a solution to the climate crisis. But it's causing deforestation and destroying farmland."
They talk about a prisons "crisis", a housing "crisis", the "broken" NHS, as well as the climate "crisis".
The phrases “climate crisis,” “clean energy” and “climate science” are among the prohibited terms that federal funding recipients and employees must reportedly strike from websites, reports, regulations and other communications.
She, and others in the indigenous communities, accuse European countries of using the "climate crisis" as an excuse to "extract and invade indigenous lands".
“At critical points, his administration has allowed this project to move forward in the face of overwhelming local and state-wide opposition. ... California should be leading on the climate crisis, not facilitating a high-risk fossil fuel project in our own state.”
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