Climate change or global warming? The reasons why there are different terms to describe one phenomenon is a tale that reveals how thinking can change on a topic -- and how language was shaped by politics and talking points in a secret memo.
As director of the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, Anthony Leiserowitz gets brought in to a lot of conversations about the topic. He shapes stories about it with other scientist for publication. He talks to CEOs and politicians. He gives lectures. He's ready to answer just about any heavy questions about the complicated subject. But often, the first question he gets is a simple one.
— Donald J. Trump January 29, 2019 In politics, in public policy and in everyday conversation, for the most part,"climate change" has become more common. The United Nations has the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The National Climate Assessment says it summarizes the impacts of"climate change." Congress named its subcommittee Environment & Climate Change, not Global Warming.
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