kliimialaseid

Kliimialaseid is Estonian and represents the partitive plural form of the adjective kliimialane, meaning climate-related. It is used to describe nouns in contexts where the topic concerns climate or climate effects, especially in scientific, policy, or media language. For example, kliimialaseid küsimusi (climate-related questions), kliimialaseid riske (climate-related risks), or kliimialaseid mõjusid (climate-related impacts).

The term is formed from kliima (climate) with a derivational suffix that yields an adjective indicating relation or relevance. In use, kliimialane freely combines with nouns and takes the appropriate case endings, with kliimialaseid specifically functioning as the partitive plural form. This enables the expression of partial or indefinite objects, topics, or measures related to climate in sentences such as kliimialaseid uuringuid (climate-related studies) or kliimialaseid meetmeid (climate-related measures).

In practice, kliimialane and its inflected forms appear frequently in formal or technical writing about environmental policy, climate science, and sustainability discourse. It is generally more formal than plain language alternatives and is often preferred in academic and governmental texts. A common everyday alternative is kliimaga seotud, which has a broader, more colloquial sense of “related to climate.”

Overall, kliimialaseid serves as a precise, formal descriptor for things pertaining to climate, enabling concise referencing of climate-related topics in Estonian.