It was an important clarification which got hijacked. The clarification is that some local climates might not meaningfully warm, they might even cool, but will experience other drastic changes. Even as the global temperature rises.

It’s a trick because nuance is easily exploited by people craven enough to exploit it. But it’s an important distinction for people who don’t understand why they’re having colder or wetter winters in temperate climate regions (example picked out of my locality).