Why we can’t fight climate change but can tackle the climate crisis | Susana Hancock | TEDxGeneva

TEDx Geneva2021 – The Tide Is Rising

What does language have to do with the climate crisis? Can we change our reality by simply changing our words? How have global institutions, like the UN, called for urgent ‘code red’ action for decades without meaningful response? Cognitive linguistics is a branch of linguistics that combines knowledge from neuropsychology, cognitive science and linguistics to understand how language interacts with …