Episode 9: What Does the US Election Mean for Climate Change?

Episode 9: What Does the US Election Mean for...

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Positive and negative tipping points

In the final episode of the year, Anna speaks to Professor Tim Lenton (Chair in Climate Change and Earth System Science at the University of Exeter) about climate tipping points – the thresholds where a tiny change could lead to large and often irreversible transformations in the ...  Show more

What happened at COP30?

<span style= "mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">COP30 in Belém is over. What happened at the conference? What were the main outcomes? And what needs to happen next?</span>

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