climateer

English

Etymology

Perhaps from climate +‎ -eer, or a blend of climate +‎ volunteer.

Noun

climateer (plural climateers)

1. (sometimes derogatory) A climate activist; one who makes stabilization of Earth's present climate a political priority.
   • 2016 December 27, Holman W. Jenkins, Jr., “Climateers Can't Handle the Truth”, in Wall Street Journal‎^[1]:

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   • 2020 July 20, “Happy Animals”, in I May Destroy You‎^[2], a male voice (actor):

     Let me tell you something about the vegan and the climateer. Well, they love looking into the future, but they don't care about the past, because they don't look too noble back there.

   • 2022, Robert Byrum, Extinction‎^[3]:

     Climateers adopt the rhetoric of the Apocalypse even as they consume fossil fuels as before because they know modern society and development require it. The world's climateers could do everyone, including themselves, a favor if they stopped pretending they can alter the climate and thought more about adaptation and energy innovations.

     WSJ excerpt