Ship&Offshore | Issue 02/2024
Tipping points
As soon as a certain global temperature increase is exceeded, the complete melting of the ice sheet can no longer be prevented. This is one of the so-called tipping points of the planet’s climate system, which can be read in an article by Deutscher Wetterdienst (German Weather Service) dating from 2019. While it is realistic to assume that this tipping point has not yet been reached – which of course does not mean that efforts to prevent this catastrophe may be reduced – various tipping points may occur this year in terms of both geopolitics and industrial policy....