Tipping points are connected and crossing one could hasten the approach of another, the UN researchers said.
Orbiting around Earth are millions of pieces of broken rocket satellites or rocket stages that are too small to be tracked but have the potential to destroy working space infrastructure.
Dr Jack O’Connor, one of the lead authors of the Interconnected Disaster Risks Report, likened human behaviour to removing pieces from a Jenga block where the game eventually reaches a tipping point and the structure can no longer stand up. “What we see is that often, not only are we failing to slow the car down, but often we’re pressing our foot down further on the accelerator.”
Flooding and other weather extremes are making homes around the world increasingly difficult to insure
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