What if we, as engaged citizens, refocused the emphasis from the deficit language of “emergency” or “urgency” or even “heat” & to the fundamental issue: human-caused actions are affecting many species and living systems at record rates, including human species? The term mass extinction already elicits urgency, but also invites collective engagement, instead of zero-sum words intended to generate emotion over action

https://www.hindustantimes.com/environment/role-of-language-in-turning-down-the-temperature-of-heated-climate-change-discourse-101691731685927.html

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