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Environment
Noel Castree, Professor of Society & Environment, University of Technology Sydney

The climate crisis is real – but overusing terms like 'crisis' and 'emergency' comes with risk

“Crisis” is an incredibly potent word, so it’s interesting to witness the way the phrase “climate crisis” has become part of the lingua franca.

Once associated only with a few “outspoken” scientists and activists, the phrase has now gone mainstream.

But what do people understand by the term “climate crisis”? And why does it matter?

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