2023年6月26日 · More than 20 years ago, author Malcolm Gladwell wrote a best-seller called The Tipping Point.He was fascinated by “the moment of critical mass, the threshold, the boiling point” when trends in business, marketing and human behaviour catch fire and begin to spread furiously.

2024年1月16日 · 1.5°C is a physical limit beyond which Earth systems enter a danger zone of cascading climate tipping points that propel further warming. The launch of the Climate Tipping Points Hub at Davos offers a tool for decision-makers to explore the …

2023年9月4日 · The 1.5-degree Celsius threshold is considered a critical threshold, as it is the point at which the impacts of climate change are expected to become increasingly severe. The world is currently on track to warm by 2.7 degrees Celsius by the end of the century if we continue emitting greenhouse gases at the current rate.

2024年7月2日 · Norway being “at least eight years ahead of the rest of the world in tipping its marketplace completely to EVs” is another example of a tipping point, Professor Lenton says. “That is an exciting tale that begins with social activists, environmentalists who ultimately persuade, or you might say, shame the government into action.

2025年1月21日 · Before outlining how 2025 can become the tipping point year for scaled reuse systems, it is important to highlight the environmental and economic benefits of reuse. Reusable packaging that is designed to be used multiple times has emerged as a promising solution to the plastic pollution crisis.

2019年12月5日 · The world could be heading towards a cascade of climate tipping points. In an interconnected climate system, passing one tipping point may trigger a cascade of irreversible changes. As the world continues to warm, some call for urgent global action to avert an "existential threat to civilization."

2024年12月17日 · According to the IPCC, a tipping point is “a critical threshold beyond which a system reorganises, often abruptly and/or irreversibly”. For instance, land ice on the Greenland and West Antarctic ice sheets – melting rapidly and close to crossing tipping points – represents 10 metres of sea-level rise in future.

At Davos 2023, Professor Johan Rockström, discusses the 16 tipping points that regulate the state of the entire climate system on Earth. Watch the full video.

2024年9月25日 · Tipping point science is an evolving field. Another group of scientists refer to 16 climate tipping elements, a subset of the broader group of 25 above. These are only triggered by a global temperature rise (not landscape changes) and their tipping affects the global climate system through reinforcing warming.

2025年1月22日 · Water systems are reaching a tipping point, with increasing floods and droughts affecting multiple regions globally. In five years, it is estimated that half the world will face water stress, jeopardizing productivity, public health and food security, and threatening $1.6 trillion in assets. How can we leverage technology, governance and finance innovations to avoid or manage water tipping points?