Report on Recent Reports #6, Winter 2023-2024

Abstract

The COP28 meeting in Dubai was a step forward, but the gap between what ought to be done to attain net zero emissions, and what is being done, may very well be widening. The 14 abstracts of authoritative multi-author reports collected here describe likely climate warming in the next decades (notably resulting in 26 potential Earth system tipping points), necessary transformative adaptations to mitigate warming (notably rethinking economics as if ecology mattered), an assessment of 14 potential “dead ends” leading to extinction of humanity, and a broad two-volume overview of existential risk studies.

Keywords

• climate change
• rethinking economics
• ecology