Climate Change is not just Global Warming: why words matter

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Is climate change simply another way to say global warming? In public debate, the two expressions are often treated as interchangeable. A recent study published in Humanities and Social Sciences Communications (Nature Portfolio) suggests that using Climate Change and Global Warming as synonyms is not only inaccurate, but potentially harmful for climate communication. More than … Read more

Hovinga performance raises awareness of climate crisis

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The Dutch artist Johannes-Harm Hovinga created a special artistic performance. The theme was the 7,705-page Sixth Assessment Report of the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). He sat at a raised table, shoeless and in complete silence. Repeatedly, for six hours straight, without a break except to go to the toilet, he punched holes … Read more