Why many scientists now say climate change is an all-out ‘emergency’
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Scientists used to avoid phrases like “climate emergency” and “climate crisis.” No longer.

Escalating rhetoric comes as new study shows there’s just six years left to keep global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius at current CO2 emissions rate

Graph showing increasing use of 'climate emergency' in academic literature from 7 examples in 2008 to 96 in 2018 to 862 uses in 2002.