| 单词 | climate emergency |
| 释义 | > as lemmasclimate emergency climate emergency n. the increasing risk of hazardous, irreversible changes to the climate, resulting from global warming; the environmental crisis arising from this risk, requiring urgent action to reduce or halt climate change and avoid the consequent damage to human and environmental welfare (cf. climate crisis n.); (also) a state of emergency declared by any legislative body in response to this.The writer in quot. 1975 advocates the planting of trees to mitigate local desertification, but does not explicitly refer to global warming. ΚΠ 1975 Sarasota (Florida) Herald-Tribune 25 May 4 e/1 We have allowed our trees to be bulldozed until an emergency has arisen—water emergency, climate emergency, food emergency.] 1989 Proc. 1989 Convention (AFL-CIO) a-87 A people's food program that (a) describes how the climate intensities are destroying our food supplies; (b) puts the climate emergency clearly before the membership and the public. 1997 Calgary (Alberta) Herald (Nexis) 17 Oct. a3 We are facing a climate emergency and no one sees the flashing light. 2014 C. R. Strain Prophet & Bodhisattva vii. 222 The birth of my grandchildren and the inspiration of a son who..has become a science journalist have belatedly wakened me to the climate emergency. 2020 Independent (Nexis) 16 Jan. 6 The government has already been fiercely criticised for lacking urgency and practical solutions for tackling the climate emergency in announcements so far. < as lemmas |
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