Tipping Point

Roundup in Resilience: October 31, 2025

UNEP reported developing countries receive less than 10% of needed adaptation funds, heat‐related deaths hit 546,000 annually, the UN’s Guterres acknowledged humanity's failure to meet the 1.5°C target, elite athletes launched Adapt2Win urging governments to prioritise adaptation finance, an Indonesian naval officer linked climate change to terrorism and piracy, and attribution science confirmed Hurricane Melissa was made four times more likely by warming.

Resilience

Roundup in Resilience: October 17, 2025

India pushed for an "adaptation COP" in Brazil, Christchurch hosted the world's largest adaptation gathering ahead of COP30, Climate Fund Managers closed a landmark $1 billion adaptation infrastructure fund, scientists confirmed warm‐water coral reefs have passed their thermal tipping point, the Loss and Damage Fund will launch its first call for proposals at COP30, and the UK's climate advisors urged preparing infrastructure for 2°C.

Resilience

Issue 7: Tipping Points - What Happens When the World's Weather Engine Seizes?

The Atlantic’s great conveyor belt and what happens if it stops. Long seen as a distant risk, scientists now warn that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) could break down this century. The stakes are staggering: trillions in economic losses, the collapse of global food systems, and the largest wave of human migration in history.

Analysis

Roundup in Resilience: September 5, 2025

East Asia sweltered through record-breaking summer heat, scientists warned of an Atlantic current collapse, the mental health toll of environmental grief, Latin American children face climate-driven poverty, and Uganda's coffee farmers pioneer adaptation strategies.

Technology

Issue 3: Tipping Points - What Happens When Earth's Lungs Stop Breathing

Amazon dieback and what this means for the future of food, money and migration flows across Amazonia, but bright sparks in significantly reduced rates of deforestation and raising a mega fund for rainforest protection