Ask the next five people you meet if they can say ‘climate change’ or ‘global warming’ in their mother tongue.
There is a good chance that they won’t be able to. Some might perform linguistic gymnastics to deduce climate change as: ವಾಯುಗುಣ ಬದಲಾವಣೆ (Vaayuguna badalaavane in Kannada), காலநிலை மாற்றம் (kaalanilai maatram in Tamil), കാലാവസ്ഥാ മാറ്റം (kaalaavastha maattam in Malayalam), వాతావరణ మార్పు (vatavarana marpu in Telugu) or जलवायु परिवर्तन (jalvayu parivartan in Hindi).
