Lance Ignon

Aug 12, 2024 | priceschool.usc.edu | Lance Ignon |Christian Hetrick

USC PriceNewsJust Say “Climate Change” – not “Climate Emergency” In 2019, The Guardian newspaper announced that it would start using the terms “climate emergency, crisis or breakdown” in place of “climate change.” “The phrase ‘climate change’, for example, sounds rather passive and gentle when what scientists are talking about is a catastrophe for humanity,” said the editor-in-chief, Katharine Viner. But as it turns out, the gentler approach is more effective.