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The tipping points include groundwater depletion, rising insurance costs, extreme heat, species extinction, melting glaciers and space debris.

SAINT LUCIA, Oct 26 (IPS) - A new report by the University lists six areas of grave concern and states that in the absence of behavior and priority change, the world could face catastrophe in areas like groundwater depletion and species extinction.Melting mountain glaciers. Unbearable heat. An uninsurable future. Space debris. Groundwater depletion. Accelerating extinctions. The United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security said this week that these six environmental &q...

A report by the United Nations University warns that the northwestern region of India, particularly Punjab and Haryana, is at risk of experiencing critically low groundwater availability by 2025. The report highlights the overexploitation of groundwater for agriculture, with 78% of wells in Punjab considered overexploited. It emphasizes the need for reducing emissions and adopting a more holistic approach to farming and water management to prevent irreversible damage to ecosystems and catastroph...

Drastic changes are approaching if risks to our fundamental socioecological systems are not addressed.

A United Nations University report, released on Wednesday, finds that drastic changes are approaching if risks to fundamental socioecological systems are not addressed.The Interconnected Disaster Risks report 2023 published by the United ...

No ground water available? No access to satellite data because of where you live or home insurance due to recent natural disasters? A new UN report launched on Wednesday has some useful insights on the “risk tipping points” which are becoming an increasing challenge worldwide.

The world is heading towards a series of environmental "tipping points" that could cause irreversible damage to water supplies and other life-sustaining systems, the research arm of the United Nations warned on Wednesday. Climate change and the overuse of resources have put the world on the brink of six interconnected tipping points that "could trigger abrupt changes in our life-sustaining systems and shake the foundation of societies," the UN University's Institute for...

The world is heading towards a series of environmental "tipping points" that could cause irreversible damage to water supplies and other life-sustaining systems, the research arm of the United Nations warned on Wednesday. Climate change and the overuse of resources have put the world on the brink of six interconnected tipping points that "could trigger abrupt changes in our life-sustaining systems and shake the foundation of societies," the UN University's Institute for ...

The Interconnected Disaster Risks report identified accelerating rates of extinction, groundwater depletion, glacial melt and extreme heat as the major interconnected threats.

As climate change leads to higher average temperatures and more erratic rainfall, Europe is predicted to experience an increase in the scale and duration of its wildfires.