“Hottest month on record” is a massive understatement when there have been 24 consecutive days hotter than any recorded before July 3 this year.
Seriously. Climate change is the most useless term, it doesn’t have the necessary oomph. Call it climate destruction.
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.
I like the name climate crisis. It’s formal sounding but conveys the direness of the situation much better than climate change.
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.
When I look at the weather app on my phone and it tells me of an “excessive heat warning”…. Yeah.
This summer so far I’ve had either a non stop smoke warning or a non stop heat warning. Or both!
