The Oxford, Collins and Cambridge dictionaries chose "climate emergency", "climate strike" and "upcycling", respectively, as their "Word of the Year".

《牛津词典》、《柯林斯词典》和《剑桥词典》分别将“气候紧急状态”、“气候罢工”和“升级回收”选为年度词汇。

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This tells us that climate change was a widely-discussed issue in 2019. "Climate emergency" means a situation in which urgent action is needed to reduce climate change.

这告诉我们，在2019年，气候变化是一个被广泛讨论的话题。“气候紧急状态”是指需要采取紧急行动以减少气候变化的情况。

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The rub is, if the vast majority of people increasingly agree that climate change is a global emergency, there's far less agreement on how to fix it.

问题是，如果绝大多数人越来越认同气候变化是一个全球性的紧急事件，那么在如何解决这个问题上就没有那么多的共识了。

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Greenpeace International said the report revealed a "climate emergency" which the world's richest nations needed to tackle urgently.

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That climate change may or may not be an emergency which we need to control and direct our fear about is another debatable point.

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The NRDC report also suggested that framing climate change vulnerability and preparedness planning in terms of emergency or risk management could be useful, as many state and municipal officials are already familiar with those concepts.

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