The phrase "austere climate" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a harsh or severe environmental condition, often referring to weather or geographical features that are stark and unadorned.
Example: "The explorers found themselves in an austere climate, where the biting winds and barren landscapes tested their endurance."
Alternatives: "harsh environment" or "severe climate".
School leaders will need to prepare for a harsh, austere climate.
In the new, more austere climate, excessive pay is frowned upon, even where no charges have been brought.
Financial analysts were unwilling to be doomsayers, but, privately, they voiced concerns that luxury brands, with their imprimatur of status, would be a hard sell in this new, suddenly austere climate.
And even in today's austere climate there is ample evidence that the provision of appropriate support can enhance the general health of both the carer and the person cared for.
Darling was given a personal taste of the austere climate when ticked off by a waiter for ordering a second bottle of wine during a meal with his wife, Maggie, and another couple.
So hard work and good behaviour are the norm; teaching tempts the best graduates (nearly nine out of ten would-be teachers are turned down).Few countries would want to copy Finland's austere climate or sombre history even if they could (though spelling reform in English might merit consideration).
Despite composing in one of the world's most austere climates, there's a warmth to her minimalist music, reminiscent of similar-minded outsiders including Hype Williams, Laurel Halo, and pre-Art Angels Grimes.
The chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Daniel K. Inouye, Democrat of Hawaii, said that even military spending had come under the knife "in this austere fiscal climate".
Expansion, even on this modest scale, ranks as an achievement in an austere economic climate, and Sarandon can take a lot of the credit.
Teligent filed for bankruptcy protection yesterday, becoming the latest company to succumb to the austere financing climate for smaller communications companies.
But these companies face problems similar to those of NorthPoint, like late payments from customers, an austere financing climate and the high costs of maintaining their networks.
