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It is being observed that the change in climate really changes everything and does not exclude language.
Now with the trend, the new words and new word compounds have been invented at the same time as new meanings, or senses, have been added to old words. Oxford English Dictionary has released an update on the language of climate change and environmental sustainability.
It is really strange but the truth is that with the change in climate the language is also affected. the world leaves Glasgow after the 26th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP26) is fascinating, depressing, and yet strangely hopeful.
Earth is a heating planet which is the universal truth.
Global heating is a new entry. Though global warming is still used more often, there is an urgent need to address it while with measurable and increasing frequency because it conveys “more emphatically the seriousness of climate change caused by human activity.
The entry for climate has been expanded to include, in alphabetical order, climate action, climate catastrophe, climate crisis, climate denial, climate denialism, climate denier, climate emergency, climate justice, climate refugee, climate sceptic, and climate strike as it is a climate modifier.
Though we are aware of the serious cause of the impact on our planet. We are ignoring and have rejected the ideas that could enhance the environment from adverse effects.
Historians Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway call climate deniers “merchants of doubt,” and say “men and women who manufacture and sell doubt to both the public and to policymakers in a deliberate attempt to forestall new regulations and taxes. I am tempted to use stronger language, like shills, or true believers.”
There aren’t enough words.
Though The OED’s update is all to the good, there aren’t enough words to convey the enormity of what we confront as a species and even Oxford English Dictionary can capture the language of climate change.
Read More: Dictionary update shows how changing climate changes everything, including language | CBC News
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