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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2026

Uneven attention to climate tipping points.

Heming Wang, Bingyu Chen, Fengmei Ma, Nico Wunderling, Timothy M Lenton, Asaf Tzachor

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Who cites it

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  1. Uneven attention to climate tipping points.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Heming Wang *Key Laboratory of Eco-Industry (Ministry of Ecology and Environment), School of Metallurgy, Northeastern University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110819, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3487-0912
Bingyu Chen *Key Laboratory of Eco-Industry (Ministry of Ecology and Environment), School of Metallurgy, Northeastern University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110819, China.
Fengmei MaCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-3233-625X
Nico WunderlingPotsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Member of the Leibniz Association, Potsdam 14473, Germany.
Timothy M LentonGlobal Systems Institute, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QE, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-6725-7498
Asaf TzachorSchool of Sustainability, Aviram Sustainability and Climate Program, Reichman University, Herzliya 4610101, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-4032-4996

Funding

MOST | National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) 52470207MOST | National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) 72574212
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Climate tipping points have moved from theoretical concern to a practical challenge for climate-risk assessment and governance. Yet whether scientific attention is aligned with risk-relevant characteristics of climate tipping elements (CTEs) has not been systematically assessed. Across 20,736 CTE-specific records spanning 2000-2025 and addressing 14 tipping elements, attention was concentrated on the Greenland Ice Sheet and Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, while Boreal Permafrost (abrupt thaw) and the North Atlantic Subpolar Gyre received comparatively limited attention despite their relatively low estimated warming thresholds. Explicit engagement with risk-relevant tipping dynamics, including abrupt transitions, hysteresis, or irreversibility, was also limited. These patterns may influence which tipping risks can be most readily assessed, prioritized, and governed.

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climate policyclimate tipping pointssustainability science

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PMID42804648
PMCPMC13643155

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