After 11,000 years of remarkably stable climate that created conditions conducive to the evolution of civilizations, humanity is confronted with multiple global crises. This talk gives a scientific update of the risks of destabilizing the planet, providing evidence that six of nine Planetary Boundaries are already transgressed today, and in turn offering a new definition of sustainability. The increasing frequency and amplitude of extreme events is just one consequence of overshooting the 1.5°C global warming limit - a real biophysical limit, not just a political target - beyond which multiple tipping points in the Earth system are not only likely to be triggered, but run the risk of setting off tipping cascades.
About the lecturer
Johan Rockström is Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Professor of Earth System Science at the University of Potsdam.
Негізгі бет Prof. Dr. Johan Rockström: A safe and just Future for Humanity on Earth
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