• Kerrigor@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Seriously. Climate change is the most useless term, it doesn’t have the necessary oomph. Call it climate destruction.

    • Mysteriarch ☀️@slrpnk.netOP
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      1 year ago

      I think The Guardian has committed a few years ago to call it the ‘climate crisis’ (they also have a dedicated category page with the title). But yeah, language matters. I tend to use climate catastrophe.

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          I’m with you, I’ve started referring to it with this name. It’s apt, we’re in a current crisis not a situation that we will only see effects from generations from now. I talk to a lot of people who seem to think this is a next generation problem, even the current young generation.