UN Report Warns Of Catastrophic Risks To Earth Systems

25 Oct 2023 | Abstracted from Barrons

"...a UN report published Wednesday warns about irreversible impacts to the planet without drastic changes to connected social and physical systems...Interconnected Disaster Risks Report identifies thresholds it calls "risk tipping points"...six areas that connect the physical and natural world with human society: accelerating extinctions, groundwater depletion, mountain glacial melt, space debris, unbearable heat and an 'uninsurable' future."

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