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Climate Crisis: How Positive Tipping Points Could Save The Planet

03 Jul 2024 | Abstracted from World Economic Forum

"Tim Lenton, Professor of Climate Change and Earth System Science at the University of Exeter, says positive tipping points, such as the shift to electric vehicles, can save our climate...The crucial idea here behind the tipping point is that when reinforcing or amplifying feedback within a system gets so strong, it just keeps propelling change without you having to push the system anymore."

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