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climate breakdown

climate breakdown noun: harmful anthropogenic climate change.

Noun

climate breakdown (usually uncountable, plural climate breakdowns)

  1. (usually) Harmful anthropogenic climate change.
    • The blistering heat hinted at the greater costs of climate breakdown to come. Blackouts were reported throughout the region as people trying to keep cool with fans and air conditioners strained the power grid.2021 June 29, Gabrielle Canon, “Historic heatwave, extreme drought and wildfires plague North American west”, in The Guardian
    • The world can still hope to stave off the worst ravages of climate breakdown but only through a “now or never” dash to a low-carbon economy and society, scientists have said in what is in effect a final warning for governments on the climate.2022 April 4, Fiona Harvey, “IPCC report: ‘now or never’ if world is to stave off climate disaster”, in The Guardian

Forms of climate breakdown

pluralclimate breakdowns

Questions about climate breakdown

What does climate breakdown mean?
Climate breakdown means harmful anthropogenic climate change.
What part of speech is climate breakdown?
Climate breakdown is a noun.
What is the plural of climate breakdown?
The plural of climate breakdown is climate breakdowns.

Words near climate breakdown in the dictionary

  1. climate arson
  2. climate arsonist
  3. climate arsonists
  4. climate bond
  5. climate bonds
  6. climate breakdown
  7. climate canaries
  8. climate canary
  9. climate catastrophe
  10. climate catastrophes
  11. climate chamber

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