Just say "Climate Change" - not "Climate Crisis"

In 2019, The Guardian newspaper announced that they would start using the terms "climate emergency, crisis or disruption" instead of "climate change". "For example, the phrase 'climate change' sounds rather passive and soft when what scientists are talking about is humanity by disaster," said editor-in-chief Katharine Viner.

However, as it turns out, a more gentle approach is more effective. According to a USC study published today in the journal Climatic Change , people are not only more familiar with "climate change" and "global warming", but these terms are more worrying than their overheated alternatives: "climate crisis", "climate emergency". ” and “climate justice”. (Lance Ignon, more at priceschool.usc.edu)