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Does talking about climate "tipping points" inspire action — or defeat?

Salon

Climate tipping points are a specter looming over our future — thresholds beyond which the Earth’s systems switch into new states, often abruptly and irreversibly. Kopp said that the emphasis on climate tipping points might have made sense as a call to action 20 years ago, when the consequences of climate change weren’t so obvious. “Most importantly, tipping points are …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Africa dramatically dried out 5,500 years ago

The Hindu

Around five and half millenia ago, northern Africa went through a dramatic transformation. This transition from the most recent “African humid period”, which lasted from 15,000 to 5,500 years ago, to the current dry conditions in northern Africa is the clearest example of a climate tipping point in recent geological history. We see the same types of flickering during a …

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1 year ago

COP28: Data Deficits and India's Role in Dealing With Climate Tipping Points

The Quint

The recently released Global Tipping Points report issues a stark warning as carbon pollution continues to drive global temperatures to dangerous heights: humanity stands on the brink of five critical climate tipping points, with three more looming in the 2030s if temperatures rise by 1.5C above pre-industrial levels. These tipping points—the thawing of permafrost, the collapse of ice sheets, and …

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1 year ago

As COP28 talks try to curb warming, study says Earth at risk of hitting irreversible tipping points

Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The world is in danger of hitting the point of no return for five of Earth’s natural systems because of human-caused climate change, a team of 200 scientists said on Wednesday on the sidelines of the United Nations’ climate summit. The report on so-called “tipping points” — moments when the Earth has warmed so much …

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1 year ago

Current warming risks triggering at least five tipping points: Study

Hindustan Times

At the current level of warming, the world risks triggering at least five tipping points “posing threats of a magnitude never faced by humanity”, new research has found, which experts warned may cause “devastating domino effects” for the world. Based on an assessment of 26 Earth system tipping points, The Global Tipping Points Report by an international team 200 scientists …

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1 year, 1 month ago

U.N. report warns of catastrophic climate tipping points. California is nearing several

LA Times

Humanity is on course to transgress multiple global “tipping points” that could lead to irreversible instability or the complete collapse of ecological and institutional systems, a United Nations report warned Wednesday. According to U.N. officials, “when one system tips, other systems may also be pushed over the edge.” “The very practical consequence will be that much more people will live …

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1 year, 6 months ago

New study says 7 of 8 climate red lines crossed, India a transgression hotspot

Hindustan Times

Seven of eight earth system boundaries that are critical for stability of the planet’s health and survival of species have already been crossed, a new research paper by the Earth Commission published in Nature journal flagged on Wednesday, suggesting that the very future of humanity may now be at risk from the climate crisis. The Earth Commission developed a set …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Current climate path will lead to collapse of life on Earth, say scientists

The Independent

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Failing to limit the global temperature to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels could trigger tipping points …

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1 year, 8 months ago

The clean energy milestone the world is set to pass in 2023

BBC

The clean energy milestone the world is set to pass in 2023 Getty Images A boom in solar and wind energy has meant renewables growth has outstripped the world's growth in demand Renewable electricity has pushed through a series of positive tipping points in recent years, with 2023 set to pass a major milestone. It's a crucial moment in the …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Cause and Effect | Is the world on the brink of multiple tipping points?

Hindustan Times

The villages of London battered by unrelenting storms. In the study, Exceeding 1.5°C global warming could trigger multiple climate tipping points, published in the journal Science in September, researchers said that even a warming of 1°C puts us at risk by triggering some of these tipping points. The five tipping points include: One, the collapse of Greenland’s ice cap leading …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Rise in 1.5C can trigger climate tipping points

The Hindu

Floods in Assam, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Australia; drought and wildfire in California, China and southern Europe; tornadoes in the USA. Now, a study published in the Science journal has stated that a rise of 1.5 from pre-industrial levels can trigger multiple climate tipping points. That’s really worrying, and underlines just how important striving to keep to the Paris Agreement aim …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Climate Change: World on the brink of five tipping points

Live Mint

One of the gravest dangers of human-made climate change, as we are witnessing across the world today, is that of the world passing several ‘tipping points’. In this regard, the global study’s title says it all: Exceeding 1.5°C Global Warming Could Trigger Multiple Climate Tipping Points. It synthesizes current scientific evidence to analyse 16 global climate tipping points, which would …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Study: Four major climate tipping points close to triggering

Associated Press

Even if the world somehow manages to limit future warming to the strictest international temperature goal, four Earth-changing climate “tipping points” are still likely to be triggered with a lot more looming as the planet heats more after that, a new study said. The study said slow but irreversible collapse of the Greenland and West Antarctic ice sheets, more immediate …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Four major climate tipping points are close to triggering, study says

LA Times

An international team of scientists looked at 16 climate tipping points and calculated rough temperature thresholds at which they are triggered. Even if the world somehow manages to limit future warming to the strictest international temperature goal, four Earth-changing climate “tipping points” are still likely to be triggered — with a lot more looming — as the planet continues to …

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2 years, 8 months ago

1.5 vs 2C: What difference can a lousy half a degree of global warming make?

ABC

What started as quiet concern is growing much louder among climate scientists: without a very radical change of course within the next few years, we're not going to stop the world from passing 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming. In terms of the numbers: the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change finds that limiting warming to 1.5C requires global emissions to be …

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2 years, 9 months ago

Have entered phase that may end in 6th mass extinction, says IPCC co-chair

Hindustan Times

The world has entered a phase that could end in the sixth mass extinction event, according to the latest climate evidence presented on Monday by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report. However, the risks to nature and people depend more on their vulnerability and exposure to climate hazards than to the level of warming so the message here is …

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3 years, 4 months ago

G20 citizens admit Earth is approaching severe tipping points

Live Mint

The recent UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report on climate change raised plenty of red flags on the future of our planet. Now, results from a new detailed survey report, released on 17 August, on public attitude towards tipping points, planetary stewardship and economic and societal transformations show that across the world’s largest economies, 73% of people believe Earth …

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3 years, 4 months ago

IPCC report: 10 key takeaways from world’s most comprehensive climate assessment

The Independent

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Humans’ role in climate crisis ‘unequivocal’ The summary of the report begins with a stark opening message: “It is …

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3 years, 4 months ago

Earth's 'vital signs' are deteriorating due to business-as-usual approach: Study

Firstpost

There has been an “unprecedented surge” in climate-related disasters, including flooding, heatwaves, wildfires and cyclones all over the world. The global economy’s business-as-usual approach to climate change has seen Earth’s “vital signs” deteriorate to record levels, an influential group of scientists said Wednesday, warning that several climate tipping points were now imminent. “We need to respond to the evidence that …

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3 years, 4 months ago

Thousands of scientists warn climate tipping points ‘imminent’

Al Jazeera

Researchers say ‘overexploitation of the Earth’ has seen many of its ‘vital signs’ deteriorate to record levels. The researchers, part of a group of more than 14,000 scientists who have signed on to an initiative declaring a worldwide climate emergency, said in an article published in the journal BioScience on Wednesday that governments had consistently failed to address “the overexploitation …

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3 years, 9 months ago

Climate change: Social tipping points leading us away from indifference onto the path of progress

Firstpost

The world appears to have finally woken up to the existential threat of global warming, and the drive to fix the problem is accelerating across the board. The planet’s biggest carbon polluters – China, US, EU – vow carbon neutrality by mid-century; solar and wind power continued to surge even as global GDP shrank five percent last year; two-thirds of …

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Does talking about climate "tipping points" inspire action — or defeat?

Africa dramatically dried out 5,500 years ago

COP28: Data Deficits and India's Role in Dealing With Climate Tipping Points

As COP28 talks try to curb warming, study says Earth at risk of hitting irreversible tipping points

Current warming risks triggering at least five tipping points: Study

U.N. report warns of catastrophic climate tipping points. California is nearing several

New study says 7 of 8 climate red lines crossed, India a transgression hotspot

Current climate path will lead to collapse of life on Earth, say scientists

The clean energy milestone the world is set to pass in 2023

Cause and Effect | Is the world on the brink of multiple tipping points?

Rise in 1.5C can trigger climate tipping points

Climate Change: World on the brink of five tipping points

Study: Four major climate tipping points close to triggering

Four major climate tipping points are close to triggering, study says

1.5 vs 2C: What difference can a lousy half a degree of global warming make?

Have entered phase that may end in 6th mass extinction, says IPCC co-chair

G20 citizens admit Earth is approaching severe tipping points

IPCC report: 10 key takeaways from world’s most comprehensive climate assessment

Earth's 'vital signs' are deteriorating due to business-as-usual approach: Study

Thousands of scientists warn climate tipping points ‘imminent’

Climate change: Social tipping points leading us away from indifference onto the path of progress