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Earth system tipping events now seem inevitable – what does this mean for climate governance?

Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

A tipping point is a system threshold beyond which change becomes self-perpetuating until a qualitatively different stable state is reached. For example a rainforest turns into a grassland, or an ice sheet melts completely. Or low-carbon energy from renewable energy systems rather than nuclear power, with its needs for cooling water.

Government

Government Cooling Natural Sciences Nuclear Power

The Problem is Not Brazil. The Problem is COP

Legal Planet

MAY 21, 2025

Then there was this BBC headline from March that you probably saw in some form: Amazon forest felled to build road for climate summit. The new four-lane highway at issue would cut down Amazon rainforest “for COP30,” seeming to capture the hypocrisy of Brazil hosting the megaevent. Less party and more results, Taveira says.

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Rainforest Clean Energy Law Paris Agreement

Earth system tipping events now seem inevitable – what does this mean for climate governance?

The Problem is Not Brazil. The Problem is COP

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