Four researchers represented the Centre for Climate Resilience of the 伟德国际_伟德国际1946$娱乐app游戏 of Augsburg at the second edition of the Global Tipping Points Conference in Exeter in the United Kingdom. The conference, which took place from June 30 to July 3, offers different perspectives on tipping points and is open to researchers from various disciplines as well as professionals and others concerned with climate change and tipping points. Miriam Rodriguez Carrasco (research group for Climate Resilience of human-made ecosystems), Anna Maier, Prof. Dr. Florian Diekert and Felix Kotulla (all members of the Environmental Economics research group) had the opportunity to present their research in Exeter.

Prof. Dr. Florian Diekert convened a research session together with Ruth Chapman (伟德国际_伟德国际1946$娱乐app游戏 of Copenhagen) and Paul Ritchie (伟德国际_伟德国际1946$娱乐app游戏 of Exeter). The title of the session was “early warning signals for tipping points: from detection to action”. The session featured a number of research projects ranging from the development of a new early warning indicator for strongly forced systems to the detection of early opportunity signals in the transition to electric vehicles and probabilistic early warning signals for noise-induced tipping.

In her presentation, Miriam Rodriguez Carrasco compared ecosystem resilience under different cropping systems and agricultural management strategies in South America. Her research project is developing a potential measure of agricultural resilience based on different data sources that can help assess the current state of different practices. She participated in the research session on agroecological tipping points.

Anna Maier presented the research project “The Effect of a Normative Appeal on (A)symmetric Teams”. This research project is joint work with her colleagues Carolin Kreier, Dr. Patrick Hoffmann and Prof. Dr. Florian Diekert. In her presentation, she described how a normative appeal can affect cooperation among teams with opposing action spaces.

Felix Kotulla presented a research design to study decision-making behavior in tipping point scenarios with and without early warning signals in the research session “Early warning signals for tipping points: from detection to action”. Based on this research design, the project aims to contribute to a better understanding of the decisions made when an early warning system is available to resource users.

The Global Tipping Points conference in Exeter was a great experience for the participants. In addition to the research sessions, the conference included plenary discussions with well-known climate scientists, action workshops and poster presentations, which provided many opportunities to learn about climate change, the damage and consequences of climate change that are already visible, and the risks and uncertainties associated with the future development of the world climate system. Another important aspect of the conference was to showcase examples of positive developments that can help to address the challenges associated with climate change, such as the accelerated use of renewable energy sources and electric vehicles, which can be described as positive tipping points. During the conference the attendants learned a lot about these different aspects of climate change and tipping points and they took the opportunity to look at the challenges associated with climate change from the perspective of a different discipline. In addition, it was a great opportunity to network with other scientists and professionals in the field.

The projects of Miriam Rodriguez Carrasco and Felix Kotulla are both part of the green research network BRaVE, which aims to identify vulnerabilities created by climate change, develop indicators to measure and describe these vulnerabilities, and derive appropriate measures and activities to build climate resilience for a vital future. You can find more information on BRaVE here.

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