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Wednesday, January 20, 2021

Climate change will be sudden and cataclysmic. We need to act fast [World Economic Forum, 19 January 2021]

Title:
Climate change will be sudden and cataclysmic. We need to act fast
 
Author:
Peter Giger 

Published:
World Economic Forum (WEF), 19 January 2021

From this article:
* Tipping points could fundamentally disrupt the planet and produce abrupt change in the climate. 
 
* A mass methane release could put us on an irreversible path to full land-ice melt, causing sea levels to rise by up to 30 metres. 
 
* We must take immediate action to reduce global warming and build resilience with these tipping points in mind.