climate change

Definitions

1. Natural large-scale and long-term change in the Earth's climatic system, as brought about by ice ages.
   uncountable, usually
2. Rapid, large-scale, and long-term change in the Earth's climatic system produced by global warming; anthropogenic climate change.
   uncountable, usually

Equivalents

9 more languages

Suomiilmastonmuutos

Gàidhligatharrachadh aimsir

हिन्दीजलवायु परिवर्तन

Bahasa Indonesiaperubahan iklim

한국어기후 변화

Latinaclimatis mutatio

Svenskaklimatförändring

Türkçeiklim değişikliği

Tiếng Việtbiến đổi khí hậu

Examples

“Nevertheless, it is clear that the global energy demand⟳ for air-conditioning will grow⟳ substantially as nations become⟳ more affluent, with the consequences of climate change⟳ potentially accelerating the demand⟳.”

““Climate change⟳ is a global problem with grave implications: environmental, social, economic, political and for the distribution of goods,” he writes. “It represents one of the principal challenges facing humanity in our day.””

“It’s time for our generation-defining public works. How about stopping climate change⟳ before we destroy⟳ the planet and getting millions of people involved manufacturing and installing solar panels?”

“If you are serious about climate change⟳ a rolling programme of electrification is the only rational policy.”

“Both the UK and Europe have⟳ experienced record⟳ summer temperatures in the past couple of years, which have⟳ brought home the fact that climate change⟳ is happening.”

“In short, mainstream parties no longer offer⟳ an element that every successful political project requires: a promise⟳ of a better world. But nativists still offer⟳ it. They solve⟳ the problem of climate change⟳ by pretending it doesn't exist⟳.”

CEFR level