Clean technology mandates can slash prices and carbon emissions to spark cascade of positive tipping points
Governments can start a global cascade of “positive tipping points” to cut prices and carbon emissions by using mandates to...
Tipping Points
Gartner and Exeter identify “tipping point” opportunities in low-carbon technologies for executive leaders
Business leaders can identify “tipping points” to lead their industries in the adoption of low-carbon technologies, according to a new...
Policymakers must recognise global economic risks posed by ecosystem ‘tipping points’
The collapse of key ecosystems would severely harm the global economy, researchers have warned. Researchers from UCL’s Institute for Innovation...
Actuaries call for policymakers to consider risk of climate ‘ruin’
Actuaries are calling for more realistic climate risk assessments. This includes the “risk of ruin”: the point past which global...
Exeter researcher awarded Hoffmann Fellowship to develop positive tipping points work
A new Hoffmann Fellowship on positive tipping points has been awarded to one of the lead authors of the widely-acclaimed...
Positive tipping points must be triggered to solve climate crisis
Positive tipping points must be triggered if we are to avoid the severe consequences of damaging Earth system tipping points,...
Pivotal moment for humanity as tipping point threats and opportunities accelerate
The world has reached a pivotal moment as threats from Earth system tipping points – and progress towards positive tipping...
Electric vehicles to pass two thirds of global car sales by 2030
Global electric vehicle (EV) sales are on track to meet or outpace even the most ambitious net-zero timelines and could...
British Science Festival: Tipping points present threats and hope
A leading expert will explain how tipping points could lead to a climate catastrophe – and how the same logic...