The UN University Institute for Environment and Human Security has come up with a new characterisation of future uncertainties – “risk tipping points” (RTP). An RTP is defined as “the moment…
Tag: climate change
Limits to modelling
September 2023 was the hottest September on record, following the hottest August and the hottest July. It wasn’t just a bit hotter – it was fully 0.5˚˚ C hotter, a…
COP 27 – the road to disaster
As COP27 has staggered to a halt, it’s time to revise your climate change scenarios. Keeping the increase in global temperature to 1.5˚C now seems to be an unlikely outcome,…
Drivers of Change 2022: The climate crisis
The third of SAMI’s Drivers of Change is the climate crisis. Over the years since we first put this on our lists, we have seen the issues become more and…
Climate change mitigation
The IPCC Working Group 3 report, published in June 2022, is a definitive base case analysis of the position on climate change. It makes a clarion call for action NOW…