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Nov 7, 2023 · Why do some people call climate change an “existential threat”? The phrase can refer to a literal threat to humanity’s existence, but also to the danger that unchecked climate change can pose to our ways of life and place in the natural world.
Dec 2, 2019 · What does existential threat mean? An existential threat is a threat to something’s very existence—when the continued being of something is at stake or in danger. It is used to describe threats to actual living things as well to nonliving thing things, such as a country or an ideology.
Jun 13, 2019 · Climate change, Elizabeth Warren said during CNN’s climate town hall on Wednesday night, “is the existential threat. It is the one that threatens all life on this planet.”....
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Jun 19, 2019 · The term existential threat is fertile of late, especially among Democratic presidential hopefuls. It has become a set term in reference to climate change, as used by Governor Jay Inslee...
Nov 2, 2021 · The phrase “existential threat” can be interpreted in a wide range of ways. Does it mean everyone would literally cease to exist? Or is the threat instead to civilization “as we know it,” a terrifying but not identical concept?
Mar 3, 2020 · For researchers and futurists who spend their time thinking about global pandemics (like the increasingly scary coronavirus), the rise of super-powerful artificial intelligence, and nuclear...
Jul 27, 2023 · US president Joe Biden described climate change as an “existential threat”, with the US facing a “real crisis” He said announced measures to tackle extreme heat , including safety rules ...