Executive summary The health of the planet and its people are at risk. The deterioration of
the global commons—ie, the natural systems that support life on Earth—is exacerbating …

Climate change and other challenges to the stability and functioning of natural and
managed environmental systems are driven by increasing anthropogenic domination of the …

This paper engages with climate mitigation debates on positive tipping points, which attract
increasing attention but remain divided between technological and social tipping point …

Achieving most sustainable development goals (SDGs) and the Paris climate targets
depends on the fast transformation of complex socio-technical systems. Recent research …

Social tipping can accelerate behaviour change consistent with policy objectives in diverse
domains from social justice to climate change. Hypothetically, however, group identities …

The global phase-out of coal by mid-century is considered vital to the Paris Agreement to
limit warming well-below 2° C above pre-industrial levels. Since the inception of the …

Contrary to much of the conventional wisdom, taking stronger actions on climate change
may enhance economic growth, even as conventionally measured, but even more so, in …

Despite thousands of higher education institutions (HEIs) having issued Climate Emergency
declarations, most academics continue to operate according to 'business-as-usual' …

While some countries are making progress reducing greenhouse gas emissions, few are
progressing rapidly enough to be on track to reach net zero emissions by mid-century. The …

Partisanship is one of the largest and most studied social barriers to climate change
mitigation in the United States. Here we expand conceptualizations of 'left-right'or 'Democrat …