Climate Tipping Points Insights for Effective Policy Action

This report reviews evidence that overshooting 1.5°C may push the earth over several tipping points, leading to irreversible and severe changes in the climate system. If triggered, tipping point impacts will rapidly cascade through socio-economic and ecological systems, leading to severe effects on...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Paris OECD Publishing 2022
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Collection: OECD Books and Papers - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Climate tipping points: a critical moment for action
  • Foreword
  • Executive Summary
  • Climate tipping points and their cascading effects
  • Approaches to deal with the threat of crossing tipping points