Climate free fall: why the biggest risk to our economies is yet to be recognized
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- #Risk Assessment
- #Weather Volatility
- #Climate Tipping Points
- Climate tipping points lead to dangerous increases in weather volatility, not just an endpoint change in climate state.
- Societies are unprepared for the economic and social impacts of unpredictable weather swings caused by climate instability.
- Key Earth systems like ice sheets and ocean circulations are already destabilizing, increasing risks of extreme weather events.