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The dangerous situation in which anthropogenic climate change threatens to cause irreversible environmental damage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: climate crisis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ecocrisis, crisis, emergency, problem
An official recognition that such a situation exists.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: state of emergency, emergency
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
klimaatkrisis
— dangerous situation in which anthropogenic climate change threatens to cause irreversible environmental damage
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Chinese Mandarin:
氣候危機 /气候危机
(qìhòu wēijī)
— dangerous situation in which anthropogenic climate change threatens to cause irreversible environmental damage
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Cornish:
goredhom hin
— dangerous situation in which anthropogenic climate change threatens to cause irreversible environmental damage
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Finnish:
ilmastohätätila
— dangerous situation in which anthropogenic climate change threatens to cause irreversible environmental damage
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German:
Klimanotstand
— dangerous situation in which anthropogenic climate change threatens to cause irreversible environmental damage
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Hindi:
जलवायु आपातकाल
(jalvāyu āpātkāl)
— dangerous situation in which anthropogenic climate change threatens to cause irreversible environmental damage
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Hungarian:
klímavészhelyzet
— dangerous situation in which anthropogenic climate change threatens to cause irreversible environmental damage
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Indonesian:
krisis iklim
— dangerous situation in which anthropogenic climate change threatens to cause irreversible environmental damage
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Indonesian:
darurat iklim
— dangerous situation in which anthropogenic climate change threatens to cause irreversible environmental damage
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Irish:
éigeandáil aeráide
— dangerous situation in which anthropogenic climate change threatens to cause irreversible environmental damage
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Korean:
기후 비상
(gihu bisang)
— dangerous situation in which anthropogenic climate change threatens to cause irreversible environmental damage
