"climate collapse" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
Generally, it refers to situations in which the climate has drastically changed due to a combination of natural and man-made factors. For example, "The rising global temperatures caused by human activities have led to a climate collapse in many parts of the world."
Klein argues that humans don't cause climate collapse, and nor does carbon.
Riley Calhoun is an environmentalist through whom the ominous cloud of global warming – "climate collapse" – hangs heavily over the novel.
Down to the Wire: Confronting Climate Collapse by David Orr.
And, they did it on the mother-of-all global challenges: averting climate collapse.
There are also solutions through which local measures could prevent the imminent climate collapse.
To avert climate collapse, we have no choice but to search high and low for ways to do more together.
The earth has warmed up many times, for purely natural reasons, and those episodes often featured huge shifts of climate, partial collapse of the polar ice sheets and substantial increases in sea level.
Everything else – the ecosystems it blights, the fishing and tourist industries, a habitable climate – might collapse around it, but BP, like the banks, will be deemed too big to fail.
But after attempts to move a climate bill collapsed in 2010 and Republicans in Congress as a bloc opposed cutting carbon pollution – with a strong contingent even acknowledging climate change was occurring – Congress was no longer an option.
The climate-driven collapse of Canada's Arctic permafrost is much more widespread than previously thought, according to new research that presents a dire picture of the changing northern landscape.
Attempts to pass any kind of climate legislation collapsed in July 2010 due to lack of enough votes in the Senate; Browner appeared on behalf of the administration and said, "Obviously, everyone is disappointed that we do not yet have an agreement on comprehensive legislation".
