Major tipping points in the Earth's climate system
27 November 2009
The world is dangerously close to reaching temperature thresholds – or “tipping points” – that can unleash devastating environmental, social and economic changes, according to a new report released by WWF and Allianz. Carried out by the Tyndall Centre, ‘Major Tipping Points in the Earth’s Climate System and Consequences for the Insurance Sector’ shows that, without immediate action, sea level rise on the East Coast of the USA, the shift to an arid climate in California, disturbances of the Indian Summer Monsoon in India and Nepal or the dieback of the Amazon rainforest due to increasing drought, are likely to affect hundreds millions of people and cost hundreds of billions of dollars.
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