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Earth system tipping events now seem inevitable – what does this mean for climate governance?

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For example a rainforest turns into a grassland, or an ice sheet melts completely. This means redoubling efforts to cut emissions, and reliably constrain temperature rises, not gambling on speculative technological interventions to cool the planet. Such shifts are non-linear, and practically irreversible.