Climate Crisis Has No Better Name

'It's a crisis, not a change': the six Guardian language changes on climate matters; A short glossary of the changes we’ve made to the Guardian’s style guide, for use by our journalists and editors when writing about the environment

Sophie Zeldin-O’Neill, 16 October 2019 (UK Guardian)

“…[Changes to our style guide] more accurately describe the environmental crises facing the world…Climate change is no longer considered to accurately reflect the seriousness of the overall situation; use climate emergency or climate crisis instead to describe the broader impact of climate change. However, use climate breakdown or climate change or global heating when describing it specifically in a scientific or geophysical sense…“climate science denier” or “climate denier” to be used instead of “climate sceptic”…[A sceptic is] “a seeker of the truth; an inquirer who has not yet arrived at definite conclusions”…

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Most “climate sceptics”, in the face of overwhelming scientific evidence, deny climate change is happening, or is caused by human activity…“global warming” is more scientifically accurate [than “global warming”]… “greenhouse gas emissions” is preferred to “carbon emissions” or “carbon dioxide emissions”…[because it] recognises all of the climate-damaging gases, including methane… ‘wildlife’ is a much more accessible word [than “biodiversity” and is] less clinical…[“fish populations” instead of “fish stocks”] emphasises that fish do not exist solely to be harvested by humans…” click here for more

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