As Summit Ends in Cop-Out, Can Social Tipping Points Change Climate Trajectory? – Truthout https://truthout.org Fearless Independent Journalism Fri, 22 Nov 2024 19:07:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/03/cropped-Truthout-T-logo-sq-1200x1200-e1521532408148-60x60.png As Summit Ends in Cop-Out, Can Social Tipping Points Change Climate Trajectory? – Truthout https://truthout.org 32 32 As Summit Ends in Cop-Out, Can Social Tipping Points Change Climate Trajectory? https://truthout.org/articles/as-summit-ends-in-cop-out-can-social-tipping-points-change-climate-trajectory/ Fri, 22 Nov 2024 17:16:52 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=323424 Another year of climate breakdown approaches its end, marked by reports that 2024 will be the first year in which the world’s average surface temperature exceeded the pre-industrial average by 1.5 degrees Celsius (1.5°C) — and by another COP climate conference. Would the 29th in the series, held in Azerbaijan, be more of the same, a fossil fuel-friendly cop-out? It began with poetry.

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