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climate crisis

[klahy-mit krahy-sis]

noun

Climatology.
  1. 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.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of climate crisis1

First recorded in 1985–90
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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."

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They talk about a prisons "crisis", a housing "crisis", the "broken" NHS, as well as the climate "crisis".

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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.

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She, and others in the indigenous communities, accuse European countries of using the "climate crisis" as an excuse to "extract and invade indigenous lands".

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“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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