hockey stick curve

plural hockey stick curves

1. A curve on a graph depicting a statistical or numerical trend with a long gradual rise followed by a steep increase over the short term.

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   This same narrative is parroted by the government. But there is nothing natural about it. This is climate change in action, and pretending we aren’t experiencing a climate catastrophe right now is dangerously irresponsible. Remember, we are only at the beginning of the hockey stick curve. Things are going to get much worse.

   2022 March 4, Eddie Lloyd, “The PM calls this a natural disaster – it’s not natural, it’s climate change smashing down our doors”, in The Guardian