Meaning of climate emergency | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The dangerous situation in which anthropogenic climate change threatens to cause irreversible environmental damage.
   countable, uncountable
2. An official recognition that such a situation exists.
   countable

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“Dozens of local areas have⟳ copied Carla's motion and declared climate emergencies including Manchester, London, Edinburgh and Bath.”

CEFR level