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Scientists funded by Jeff Bezos' Bezos Earth Fund issued a dire warning in a new report on the global "tipping points" at risk from global warming in the next decade.

String of reports published on sidelines of COP28 highlight urgency of fossil fuel consumption phase out - as well as the positive economic tipping points that could turn the tide on the climate crisis

"The Global Tipping Points Report," the most comprehensive assessment of tipping points, says that humanity is on a disastrous trajectory.

It comes out as COP28 deals with controversies around prioritizing fossil fuels.

In a sweeping new report, hundreds of scientists warn that the world must rapidly phase out planet-warming emissions to avoid crossing dangerous thresholds.

The world is in danger of hitting the point of no return for five of Earth's natural systems because of human-caused climate change, a team of 200 scientists said on Wednesday on the sidelines of the United Nations' climate summit. The report on so-called “tipping points” — moments when the Earth has warmed so much that certain side effects become irreversible — looks at 26 different systems and points to five of them — the melting of the Greenland a...

Coral reefs are already being lost, and four other vital climate systems may tip soon.

Wildlife crime is entangled in the very fabric of our society and we must get to grips with its subtleties if we hope to unpick it.

We must shift our focus from step-by-step change to transformative action to optimise success in reining in climate change, says expert