"Current #climate policies risk catastrophic societal and economic impacts"
The Institute & Faculty of Actuaries and climate scientists from @exeter.ac.uk published a vital new report today.
Here's a thread with some key takeaways 🧵
The Institute & Faculty of Actuaries and climate scientists from @exeter.ac.uk published a vital new report today.
Here's a thread with some key takeaways 🧵
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depend on.
We need to recognise this dependence and manage
our activity to be within planetary boundaries.
Climate change and nature loss, driven by human
activity, threaten the stability of the Earth system.
If multiple tipping points are triggered, there may
be a point of no return, after which it may be
impossible to stabilise the climate.
risks have been hugely underestimated
Climate change impacts are materialising at lower
temperatures than estimated. The severity and
frequency of extreme events are unprecedented
and beyond model projections.
realistic risk assessment, they implicitly accept
high risk of crossing tipping points
Breaching 1.5°C risks triggering multiple climate
change tipping points and every fraction of a
degree increases the risk.
policymakers are inadequate, we have accepted
much higher levels of risk than is broadly
understood
These limitations mean that policymakers are likely
to have accepted much higher levels of risk than is
commonly realised.
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