Scientific funding is rarely a bad thing, and when it comes to stimulating our knowledge of the greatest threat to humanity, it must be considered a positive. Thus, the 81 million sterling books recently planned by the UK Advanced Research & Invention Agency to improve the understanding of very dangerous “Tilting points” climate is welcome. However, the way the gift is framed, however, is not really.
According to the agency, funding will support the creation of an opening system at the start of the walking (EWS) which “will predict with confidence when a system will tip a tip”, in parallel to pin the moment of tilting and consequences. …
