climate crisis

plural climate crises

1. Synonym of climate emergency.

   He said that with the world facing a climate crisis, "it is up to those at the forefront of our industry - like Network Rail - to lead by example".

   2023 August 9, “Network News: Network Rail under fire for spending thousands of pounds on flights”, in RAIL, number 989, page 15

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   If you have any doubt, just look at what’s on: The Robert Blake trial. The Laci Peterson tragedy. […] And more importantly, notice what is not on: the global climate crisis, the nation’s fiscal catastrophe, the hollowing out of America’s industrial base, and a long list of other serious public questions that need to be addressed by the American people.

   2005 October 28, Al Gore, “Al Gore Addresses We Media”, in We Media

   The climate crisis is not, in fact, a mystery or a riddle we haven’t yet solved due to insufficiently robust data sets. We know what it would take, but it’s not a quick fix – it’s a paradigm shift.

   2023 May 8, Naomi Klein, “AI machines aren’t ‘hallucinating’. But their makers are”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

   “The urgency of taking action against the climate crisis has prompted us to bring the first climate lawsuit in Italy against the country’s largest energy company,” said Matteo Ceruti, a lawyer for the plaintiffs.

   2023 May 9, Stella Levantesi, “Italian oil firm Eni faces lawsuit alleging early knowledge of climate crisis”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

   Gloninger’s experience is all too common among meteorologists across the country who are encountering reactions from viewers as they tie the climate crisis to extreme temperatures, blizzards, tornadoes and floods in their local weather reports.

   2023 July 9, “‘You should have seen this note’: US meteorologists harassed for reporting on climate crisis”, in The Guardian, sourced from AP, →ISSN

   The climate crisis remained an important concern for voters, Sciarini said, but “it has been supplanted by immediate worries over purchasing power, inflation and of course mass immigration, all of which were highlighted in the SVP’s campaign”.

   2023 October 23, Jon Henley, “Switzerland’s populists promise ‘less political correctness’ after election win”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

   Synonyms: climate emergency