Later Is Too Late: Tipping the Balance from Negative to Positive

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COP28 Side Event

Wed. 6 December 2023

17:00 – 18:30 GST (GMT +4)

Hybrid, Al Hur Stage, Action Arena 1, Global Climate Action Area, COP28 Blue Zone, Dubai, UAE

Watch the recording of this event.

The Walker Institute from the University of Reading joined the University of Exeter and the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) in a side event during COP28 in Dubai: Later Is Too Late: Tipping the Balance from Negative to Positive.

The Global Carbon Budget shows emissions rising and time running out to deliver the Paris Agreement. As global warming pushes humanity closer to dangerous tipping points, our only way out is rapid CO2 emissions cuts and triggering positive tipping points. Around the world, concerted efforts are activating positive social, economic, political and technological shifts that are driving progress towards cleaner energy and a safer future — faster than many realise. COP28 is a vital opportunity to harness exponential change and get us back on course. Because later is too late!

This climate action event brought together scientists, political leaders, civil society and non-state actors to take stock of signals of progress and shine a light on the actions needed to tip the balance towards positive change. The event will launch the Global Tipping Points Report, the most comprehensive analysis of negative and positive tipping points ever produced.

Resources

Global Tipping Points | University of Exeter

Global Carbon Budget | University of Exeter

Adaptation Gap Report | UNEP – United Nations Environment Programme

The World, Re-Energized | RMI

Speakers

ROSALIND CORNFORTH  –  Walker Institute Director. Professor, University of Reading

JON CREYTS  –  CEO, RMI

PIERRE FRIEDLINGSTEIN  –  Professor, University of Exeter

KATHY JETNIL-KIJINER  –  Poet

TIM LENTON  –  Professor, University of Exeter

KELLY LEVIN  –  Co-Director, Systems Change Lab

ANDREW STEER  –  President and CEO, Bezos Earth Fund

NIGEL TOPPING  –  UN Climate Change High-Level Champion COP26

CHANGHUA WU  –  Fellow, Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs, China