
Climate Tipping Points
Social Tipping Points: Can Positive Change Reverse the Climate Crisis? In a recent Guardian interview, Professor Timothy Lenton—one of the world’s leading experts on climate tipping points—warns that humanity is closer than ever to triggering irreversible changes in the Earth’s systems. From the accelerating loss of the West Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets to the dieback of rainforests and coral reefs, the risks have grown since the first climate tipping elements map was published in 2008.
