Katherine Richardson - on climate tipping points and what humanity can learn from nature

Planet A - Talks on Climate Change - A podcast by Danish Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities

In the fourth episode of the podcast, Dan Jørgensen talks with Katherine Richardson, Professor in Biological Oceanography at the University of Copenhagen and one of the world’s leading experts on climate change.Based on her research article “Climate tipping points - too risky to bet against”, they discuss the notion of climate tipping points - such as the loss of the Amazon rainforest and the West Antarctic ice sheet – and how they can cause irreversible damage to the global eco-system. ...