Global Tipping Points: What is a Positive Tipping Point?

Professor Tim Lenton, Chair in Climate Change and Earth System Science at the University of Exeter, describes about the 'emotionally positive' power of potential 'positive tipping points', like the switch to renewable energy and alternatives proteins.

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  • Production Year 2023
  • Length 00:00:35
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00:00:09 - 00:02:14 When I talk about a positive tipping point\n00:02:14 - 00:05:11 I mean something emotionally positive\n00:05:11 - 00:10:19 a self-propelling, amplifying change in society and technology\n00:10:19 - 00:13:13 and sometimes in our relationship with ecology\n00:13:13 - 00:17:05 that's going to get us towards sustainability faster\n00:17:05 - 00:21:16 So I'm thinking of examples like the tipping point to solar\n00:21:16 - 00:23:08 and wind power dominating\n00:23:14 - 00:27:13 a tipping point to electric mobility, electric vehicles\n00:27:13 - 00:30:10 rather than fossil fueled ones, and a tipping point\n00:30:10 - 00:35:09 to alternative proteins and giving land back to nature


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