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Earth close to ‘risk tipping points’ that will damage our ability to deal with climate crisis, warns UN

Humanity is moving dangerously close to irreversible tipping points that
would drastically damage our ability to cope with disasters, UN researchers
have warned, including the withdrawal of home insurance from flood-hit
areas and the drying up of the groundwater that is vital for ensuring food
supplies.

These “risk tipping points” also include the loss of the
mountain glaciers that are essential for water supplies in many parts of
the world and accumulating space debris knocking out satellites that
provide early warnings of extreme weather.

A new report from the UN
University (UNU) in Germany has set out a series of risk tipping points
that are approaching, but said having foresight of these meant that it
remained possible to take action to prevent them. Tipping points are
triggered by small increases in their driving force but rapidly lead to
large impacts.

Guardian 25th Oct 2023

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/25/climate-crisis-threatens-tipping-point-of-uninsurable-homes-says-un #climate #globalheating

October 29, 2023 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | climate change