The US has been criticised over its reluctance to refer to "climate change" at a major Antarctic meeting, with France describing it as a "dangerous precedent" that risks undermining science.

The US did not want to use the term “climate change” at a major Antarctic meeting, instead preferring to focus on “specific” environmental changes.

Its stance was rebuked by other countries, including France, which described it as a “worrying development” that risks undermining credible science.

Conservationists say “editing words” out of a report won’t alter the real impact of climate change.

  • ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.netEnglish
    91·
    15 hours ago

    Hopefully US will just get offended and stop participating. Until now every time they did it allowed sane countries to move things forward.

  • Otter@lemmy.caEnglish
    6·
    15 hours ago

    At some point they should just be barred from speaking at all

  • TheGoldenVEnglish
    26·
    21 hours ago

    They should send the US envoy home with a bag of seeds each time.

  • engene@lemmy.caEnglish
    15·
    20 hours ago

    To be fair, they did use a Sharpie to change the weather pattern once 🙄

  • Greyghoster@aussie.zoneEnglish
    91·
    18 hours ago

    Even this article has weasel words. We have moved well past the “scientists say” stage and we are at the “climate change” or “human created climate change” stage.

    I wonder what the Australian government position said, probably wimpish.