'“Climate emergency” is the 2019 Oxford Word of the Year, Oxford Dictionaries announced Wednesday.
As defined by Oxford Dictionaries, climate emergency is “a situation in which urgent action is required to reduce or halt climate change and avoid potentially irreversible environmental damage resulting from it.”
The announcement comes after a year of heightened urgency over the climate crisis, with global youth climate strikes, massive civil disobedience and report after alarming report from an international body of scientists, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
“The climate crisis is becoming increasingly urgent and the latest declaration from Oxford Dictionaries reflects this urgency, as well as a growing public consciousness over the impacts of climate change,” said Tracey Ann Ritchie, vice president of programs and partnerships at Earth Day Network.' ～Earth Day Network @Earth Day Network
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