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This bonus episode is from our second Tipping Points event, The North Korean Missile Threat: Expert Roundtable. Dr. Victor Cha hosted an expert roundtable on North Korea's latest missile developments, including the current state of their ballistic missile force, and how they may have advanced their technologies so quickly. He was joined by Joe Bermudez of CSIS, Markus

The reef is suffering environmental conditions that are so extreme, scientists are struggling to simulate these scenarios in laboratories.

More than three quarters of the world's largest rainforest has become less resilient since the early 2000s, with areas near humans and with lower rainfall the worst hit

The Amazon rainforest may be swiftly approaching a point of no return, according to new international research. The study, which looked at remotely sensed vegetation data from the past 30 years, found signs of loss of resilience across over 75% of the mega-forest’s area since the early 2000s.

We get a sobering breakdown on the extreme weather events facing most Indians amid the unfolding climate crisis. A climate scientist tells us what "positive tipping points" are and how understanding them can help us get out of this mess. Plus, what's going on with France's new electronics right to repair regulations?

A new report warns time is running out to 'keep 1.5C alive' and rapid changes are needed across the economy to accelerate decarbonisation efforts – here are five key lessons for businesses striving to engineer tipping points for green goods and services

Thoughts on what success will look like at COP26.

Quickly, according to a plan — an annual plan — not some distant 2050 goal, so i do have optimism that we will get there fairly quick. i think social tipping points can happen quickly too. well, optimism is a good thing to hear because its a difficult time, isnt it? but what would be your expectation over the next five years, for example, in terms of the number of wildfires, the amount of flooding, the sort of things we have started to see almost on a daily basis now? yeah, so im quite confi...

Which i think we will find over the next ten years probably is not fast enough. im actually, frankly, very concerned that 1.5 degrees celsius of global heating is going to be far more dangerous than we think right now. i think this recent summer is a wake—up call to that effect and really shocked the climate science community. right, because i think we have got into a sort of a way of thinking at the moment that 1.5 would be ok and well be doing very well to get there. thats right, and you kno...

Citi Global Perspectives Solutions (GPS) released a report titled 'Global Carbon Markets Solving the Emissions Crisis Before Time Runs Out.' The full report is available here, additional thematic reports