‘Climate free fall’: why the biggest risk to our economies is yet to be recognized

2026/07/14 by Anders Levermann · 1 voice
Energy · Social Sciences · #Atmosphere (unit) #Economic stability #Environmental, Ecological, and Cultural Studies #Global Energy and Sustainability Research #Innovation, Sustainability, Human-Machine Systems #Instability #Wake

paper · pdf · doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02154-8

published in Nature 655(8123), 571-573 (Nature Portfolio)

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Citations

• Tipping elements in the Earth's climate system
• The Macroeconomic Impact of Climate Change: Global Versus Local Temperature

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