Impact Trust • Working glossary
Climate crisis
Climate change framed as a serious, urgent emergency.
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Our Take
Clear and motivating for most audiences. The real tension is not that some see it as politicised but that 'crisis' implies something temporary. Climate change is not a crisis in the traditional sense -- it is a permanent reconfiguration of the conditions in which everything else happens.
Examples of Use
Climate community, UN, NGOs
Synonyms/Variants
Climate breakdown
Climate chaos
Climate Emergency
Typical everyday wording
Climate emergency
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