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I prefer climate crisis.
The issue isn't so much the initial name, but that the cause be attributed to fossil fuels, which are responsible for the bulk of it.
Remember when they told us all that it was actually cow farts causing climate change? Lol
Methane from cattle belching is part of it...but it's a smaller part than fossil fuels
I thought climate crisis became anyway the official term after climate change had no effects ala business as ususal.
Personally, I think it's too late to pull the brakes, the oil companies control the world now, and we might as well just call it the climate apocalypse.
Climate catastrophy has also a nice ring to it.