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Solutions need to be implemented before climate, food and water systems are tipped beyond the point of recovery, says a United Nations University report.
Tipping points are connected and crossing one could hasten the approach of another, the UN researchers said.
India News: The United Nations' research arm has warned that the world is dangerously close to six "tipping points" that could cause irreversible damage to the pl
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 Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) said. "Once these thresholds are passed, the system ...
Systems that humans depend on could collapse if we don’t take action to address groundwater depletion, melting glaciers and space debris, according to a UN report