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climate emergency en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The dangerous situation in which anthropogenic climate change threatens to cause irreversible environmental damage.
   • The effects of the climate emergency are more evident than biodiversity loss, but still, society is failing to cut emissions, the paper argues. If people understood the magnitude of the crises, changes in politics and policies could match the gravity of the threat. 2021 January 13, Phoebe Weston, “Top scientists warn of 'ghastly future of mass extinction' and climate disruption”, in The Guardian:
2. (countable) An official recognition that such a situation exists.
   • Dozens of local areas have copied Carla's motion and declared climate emergencies including Manchester, London, Edinburgh and Bath. 2019 May 3, Lindsay Brown, “Climate change: What is a climate emergency?”, in BBC News:

Forms

Coordinates

w:public health emergency

Descendants

Klimanotstand

Hypernyms

state of emergency · ecocrisis · emergency · problem · crisis · emergency

Synonyms

climate crisis

Translations (12)

hu klímavészhelyzet (dangerous situation in which anthropogenic climate change threatens to cause irreversible environmental damage) · af klimaatkrisis (dangerous situation in which anthropogenic climate change threatens to cause irreversible environmental damage) · id krisis iklim (dangerous situation in which anthropogenic climate change threatens to cause irreversible environmental damage) · pl kryzys klimatyczny (dangerous situation in which anthropogenic climate change threatens to cause irreversible environmental damage) · kw goredhom hin (dangerous situation in which anthropogenic climate change threatens to cause irreversible environmental damage) · ga éigeandáil aeráide (dangerous situation in which anthropogenic climate change threatens to cause irreversible environmental damage) · id darurat iklim (dangerous situation in which anthropogenic climate change threatens to cause irreversible environmental damage) · hi जलवायु आपातकाल (dangerous situation in which anthropogenic climate change threatens to cause irreversible environmental damage) · fi ilmastohätätila (dangerous situation in which anthropogenic climate change threatens to cause irreversible environmental damage) · ko 기후 비상 (dangerous situation in which anthropogenic climate change threatens to cause irreversible environmental damage) · cmn 氣候危機 /气候危机 (dangerous situation in which anthropogenic climate change threatens to cause irreversible environmental damage) · de Klimanotstand (dangerous situation in which anthropogenic climate change threatens to cause irreversible environmental damage)