A five-metre (16 ft) high sculpture of a polar bear and cub, afloat on a small iceberg, passes in front of the Houses of Parliament in London to alert lawmakers to the dangers of climate change. Photo: Getty Images
Opinion
Opinion
Language Matters
How climate ‘change’ gave way to ‘crisis’ and ‘emergency’ – the evolution of language used to describe global warming … er, heating
- The term ‘climate change’ has been in use since 1854, but in recent years has increasingly given way to ‘climate crisis’ and ‘climate emergency’
- Indigenous languages contain expressions that speak to non-monetary systems of exchange that value ecology, and to human stewardship of nature
A five-metre (16 ft) high sculpture of a polar bear and cub, afloat on a small iceberg, passes in front of the Houses of Parliament in London to alert lawmakers to the dangers of climate change. Photo: Getty Images
