climate breakdown

American

[klahy-mit brayk-daun] / ˈklaɪ mɪt ˌbreɪk daʊn /

noun

Climatology.

the collective effects of harmful and potentially irreversible trends in climate, specifically those resulting from unchecked global warming.

In September 2023, the United Nations announced that “climate breakdown has begun.”

Etymology

Origin of climate breakdown

First recorded in 2000–05

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Any food produced here is increasingly vulnerable to climate breakdown, partly due to poor soils caused by chemical-intensive monocropping.

From Salon ● Dec. 11, 2024

The nature presenter and environmentalist will also meet with energy and net zero secretary Ed Miliband "to discuss future progress addressing climate breakdown", his lawyers said.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2024

Across the planet, the signs of climate breakdown are growing more disturbing by the day.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2023

There are 16 kids who brought the lawsuit, and the majority of them actually testified and gave these really personal, really moving testimonies about the ways that climate breakdown has threatened their ways of life.

From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2023

“We want to have this conversation, and to bring it around to our demand about what we need to do to avoid climate breakdown and collapse,” Ms. Carrington said.

From New York Times ● Oct. 26, 2022

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