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climate crisis

American  

[klahy-mit krahy-sis] / ˈklaɪ mɪt ˌkraɪ sɪs /

noun

Climatology.

1. a critical situation in which long-term change in the earth’s climate has severe adverse effects on the environment, necessitating immediate and bold countermeasures.

   Brewers are taking notice as the climate crisis decimates Europe’s barley crops.

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Etymology

Origin of climate crisis

First recorded in 1985–90

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Developing countries will need $305 billion a year by 2035 to adapt to a worsening climate crisis, nearly 10 times what they currently receive from wealthy nations, a new UN report said Wednesday.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

The Independent highlights its Climate 100 - the "changemakers and innovators helping turn the time on our climate crisis".

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

“We are dealing with a climate crisis when we are at peak capacity, and we have to find new sources of water,” said Ricaurte Vásquez Morales, the Panama Canal Authority administrator.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

My undergrads are rightly fearful about the climate crisis but working in community to find their way.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026

"Understanding that complexity is essential if we want to reconstruct how infectious diseases shaped human history. Especially as treponemal disease like yaws is re-emerging due to the climate crisis."

From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026

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