Nevertheless, it is clear that the global energy demand for air-conditioning will grow substantially as nations become more affluent, with the consequences of climate change potentially accelerating the demand.
2019 October, Roger Ford, “WCP award - victory for DfT reactionaries”, in Modern Railways, page 31:
If you are serious about climate change a rolling programme of electrification is the only rational policy.
2023 December 27, Richard Foster, “Building a greener future”, in RAIL, number 999, page 34:
Both the UK and Europe have experienced record summer temperatures in the past couple of years, which have brought home the fact that climate change is happening.
May be treated (in the sense “anthropogenic climate change”) as a synonym of global warming in informal contexts, particularly in regions where climate science is contested by political actors.[1] This conflation is not widespread in scientific contexts, where it may be regarded as incorrect.[2]
^ Jennifer 8. Lee quoting Frank Luntz (2003 March 2) “A Call for Softer, Greener Language”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN: “In his memorandum, Mr. Luntz urges that the term “climate change” be used instead of “global warming,” because while global warming has catastrophic communications attached to it, climate change sounds a more controllable and less emotional challenge.”
^ Erik Conway (2008 December 5) “What's in a Name? Global Warming vs. Climate Change”, in NASA[2], archived from the original on 14 November 2019
^ Damian Carrington (2019 May 17) “Why the Guardian is changing the language it uses about the environment”, in The Guardian[3]
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