To join issue with sb → enfrentarse a or con algn ![]() To face the issue → hacer frente a la cuestión or al problema, afrontar la situación To cloud or confuse the issue → crear confusión To avoid the issue → eludir or (frm) soslayar el problema They were at issue over → estuvieron discutiendo (sobre). His integrity is not at issue → no se está cuestionando su integridad The point at issue → el punto en cuestión We need to address this issue → tenemos que tratar este asunto or esta cuestión or este tema I was earning a lot of money but that was not the issue → ganaba mucho dinero, pero ésa no era la cuestión Until the issue is decided → hasta que se decida algo sobre el asunto or la cuestión or el tema (= matter, question) → asunto m, cuestión f Although issue is now widely acceptable, choosing another word, such as glitch, problem, or complication, can often lend precision to your writing.Ĭollins COBUILD English Usage © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 2004, 2011, 2012 issueġ. By 2013, approval had risen to 68 percent. In 2002, only 18 percent of Panelists approved of the sentence There were a number of issues installing the printer driver in the new release of the software. A similar shift of opinion has occurred concerning the use of issue for a technical problem. Although the acceptance was lukewarm (about a third of the panelists found these sentences only "somewhat acceptable"), this is a substantial increase over the 39 percent who accepted similar sentences in 2002. I don't want to hire someone who has issues with carrying out orders from an authority. In our 2013 survey, 78 percent of the Usage Panel accepted issue in these examples: That kid has issues and needs to see the guidance counselor. The majority of the Usage Panel frowned on it in 2002, but in just over ten years, opinion has shifted such that a majority now find it acceptable. Some people dislike this usage, claiming that it is imprecise or euphemistic. Thus, a business executive who has been accused of fraud is said to have legal issues, a company facing bankruptcy has financial issues, and a person who picks fights may have anger management issues. ![]() The word is frequently used in the plural. The emissions that cause climate change come from every part of the world and affect everyone, but some countries produce much more than others.The seven biggest emitters alone (China, the United States of America, India, the European Union, Indonesia, the Russian Federation, and Brazil) accounted for about half of all global greenhouse gas emissions in 2020.Įveryone must take climate action, but people and countries creating more of the problem have a greater responsibility to act first.Usage Note: People often use issue to refer to a problem, difficulty, or condition, especially an embarrassing or discrediting one. Yet policies currently in place point to a 2.8☌ temperature rise by the end of the century. In a series of UN reports, thousands of scientists and government reviewers agreed that limiting global temperature rise to no more than 1.5☌ would help us avoid the worst climate impacts and maintain a livable climate. In the future, the number of “climate refugees” is expected to rise. Conditions like sea-level rise and saltwater intrusion have advanced to the point where whole communities have had to relocate, and protracted droughts are putting people at risk of famine. Some of us are already more vulnerable to climate impacts, such as people living in small island nations and other developing countries. ![]() People are experiencing climate change in diverse waysĬlimate change can affect our health, ability to grow food, housing, safety and work. The consequences of climate change now include, among others, intense droughts, water scarcity, severe fires, rising sea levels, flooding, melting polar ice, catastrophic storms and declining biodiversity. Because the Earth is a system, where everything is connected, changes in one area can influence changes in all others. But temperature rise is only the beginning of the story. Many people think climate change mainly means warmer temperatures. The last decade (2011-2020) was the warmest on record, and each of the last four decades has been warmer than any previous decade since 1850. The average temperature of the Earth’s surface is now about 1.1☌ warmer than it was in the late 1800s (before the industrial revolution) and warmer than at any time in the last 100,000 years. Human activities like the ones mentioned above are causing greenhouse gases that are warming the world faster than at any time in at least the last two thousand years. Humans are responsible for global warmingĬlimate scientists have showed that humans are responsible for virtually all global heating over the last 200 years.
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