Early warning systems can alert societies about coming irreversible climatic changes, but can they trigger action to avoid them? Research now suggests that to prompt social action, uncertainty about when the changes will occur must be reduced.
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Lenton, T. Tipping climate cooperation. Nature Clim Change 4, 14–15 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2078
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