Climate change lingo for beginner activists By Staff Reporter By Dominic Naidoo If youâre a human being living on planet earth, you may have come across the term âclimate changeâ in some way or another. The decline in bee populations? Climate change. Rising sea levels? Climate change. Coral reef bleaching? You guessed it! Climate change. But what is climate change really? This article will shed some light on a topic that every single person should be aware of. If you close the tap while brushing your teeth, you care about saving water. If you switch the light off when you leave a room, you care about saving power. If you wait to find the nearest bin instead of tossing a sweet wrapper on the ground, you care about the environment.