Why is it the 'climate crisis' now?

Why is it the "climate crisis" now? Whatever happened to global warming? Or climate change? Or is it global boiling now? A few thoughts on language and the climate crisis.

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Some stock footage courtesy of Getty.
Edited by Luke Negus.

This video essay is about language and climate change, why it is not global warming but climate change but actually not climate change but the climate crisis but not actually the climate crisis but global warming. Or something like that.

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[ArmchairMagpie]

In the end it is like telling a student why procrastination is bad:

"You still have 10 hrs to prepare for the test!" — "Okay, then I will have another 4 hr nap, 4 hrs are still enough to learn…I hope!"

vs.

"You only have 10 hrs left to prepare for the test!" — "You are a freaking fearmonger! 10 hrs will never be enough, might as well call in sick!"

[asemi]

As a millennial I've spent the entirety of my adolescence and adulthood is a state of some crisis or another. So while "crisis" is supposed to be an effective emotive word, I find myself entirely desensitised to it. And switching to more extreme emotive words doesn't work either, it just brings up a reaction of "here they go again". If they start calling it a catastrophe or calamity, I'll still be just as desensitised. That's not to say that I don't understand just how serious things are, but when you grow up with everything being on 100% seriousness all the time it loses its effect. I doubt I'm the only one feeling like this and I wonder if it can be fixed

[Dantyx]

The IPCC warning me of drougs, famine and conflict often does not truly register as horrific as it should with people who have not lived through those things. I have struggled to explain to many in my family why action on this part would be crucial but their response often tends to be downplaying or outright deflecting it as problems those "others" have always had.

[compostjohn]

There are some people in Libya, Canada, Australia and even small parts of Germany and Belgium who would label it a Climate Catastrophe, following devastating floods and fires.

[tomvandongen]

It's incredibly frustrating that the climate crisis needs marketing essentially to sell it to the public; isn't the future viability of all life on earth enough??

[davidtitanium]

i think the audience of such events are just already pretty well informed on the worst of climate change and thus want hope, but people that's still on the fence might need fear to spur action

[glennelliott]

Having lived in the interior of British Columbia Canada for decades and having to recently evacuate three times in three years due to close by massive fires, fear is prevalent each time.

[mkst]

I think part of the problem is that "success" for climate policies when they were first proposed is that nothing happens. The desire was to keep the climate as it was, knowing that it will change in the future if CO2 is allowed to accumulate in the atmosphere. Now that we have reached a time where some very noticeable things are happening the "average" person is actually seeing things change in their world and only now are open to doing something. This is, I think, in alignment with human nature. Sadly, without the disinformation from FF companies I think this awakening could have happened much earlier. Time will tell if it's too little too late.

[richardallan]

Really interesting video about perspectives and shared realities.
I've always gone for ecological collapse, which is super cheery, but "climate" seems to hit a lot of people who aren't getting it as "bad weather", and i get the impression they think it can just be sorted with wellies, umbrellas or more air conditioning.

[nigeltrc]

I think terms like ‘crisis’ lead people to feelings of despair and later, apathy. Climate activists need a more positive message than ‘we’re all doomed’ to get people on board. Optimism IS important for real change.

[simondalton]

As long as there is profit to be made from pollution there is no stopping it

[jimbobur]

I think "inevitable collapse of humanity" has a much nicer ring to it.

[KM-pmqe]

30 years of feel-good messaging has gotten us mostly complacency and greenwashing.

[Jc-msvv]

We should call it what it is.. near term human extinction

[charaznable]

Hi everyone welcome to the end of the species 👍👋👋

[richardbos]

So the next words will be: ' Climate Apocalypse'

[jandraelune]

Many politicians will just kick the can down the road as long as they are not given a strict dead line.

[Krasbin]

03:30 Combining hope and fear is probably even more effective: if we don't do anything bad things happen, but if we take action now we might even be better of than we were in the first place.

[venalleader]

the huge problem with the phrase "climate crisis" is that the word "crisis" is commonly used to exaggerate issues to push political agendas. It's really a bad choice of phrasing. Combined with the scientific establishment constantly changing the phrasing they use, it can look more like manipulation tactics than actual science.

[lynoure]

Which terminology does the oil industry support at the moment? I was surprised their role in it so far was ignored.