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Except "climate change" was in use in scientific papers back in 1979 and defined as "a long-term change in the Earth’s climate, or of a region on Earth", including "global warming" and other changes.

I doubt the American right wing influenced Mr Charney in his naming conventions.

http://pmm.nasa.gov/education/articles/whats-name-global-war...

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How language is used in studies, versus how it's used colloquially, are two different things.

The use of the term "climate change" as part of the public discourse (as opposed to scientific discourse) is as a result of a right wing PR campaign in the 1980s.