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How climate ‘change’ gave way to ‘crisis’ and ‘emergency’ – the evolution of language used to describe global warming … er, heating

South China Morning Post · Lisa Lim · last updated
A five-metre (16 ft) high sculpture of a polar bear and cub, afloat on a small iceberg, passes in front of the Houses of Parliament in London to alert lawmakers to the dangers of climate change. Photo: Getty Images