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Tipping Points, Cascading Impacts, and Interacting Risks in the Earth System: Proceedings of a Workshop (2024)

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Suggested Citation: "Front Matter." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Tipping Points, Cascading Impacts, and Interacting Risks in the Earth System: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26925.

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Tipping Points, Cascading
Impacts, and Interacting
Risks in the Earth System

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Katrina Hui, Hugh Walpole, and Margo
Corum, Rapporteurs

Committee on Tipping Points, Cascading
Impacts, and Interacting Risks in the
Earth System: A Workshop

Board on Atmospheric Sciences and
Climate

Board on Earth Sciences and Resources

Division on Earth and Life Studies

Proceedings of a Workshop

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Suggested citation: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Tipping Points, Cascading Impacts, and Interacting Risks in the Earth System: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/26925.

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WORKSHOP PLANNING COMMITTEE ON TIPPING POINTS, CASCADING IMPACTS, AND INTERACTING RISKS IN THE EARTH SYSTEM

KRISTEN ST. JOHN (Chair), James Madison University

AMIR AGHAKOUCHAK, University of California, Irvine

KATHARINE V. CASHMAN, University of Oregon

SIMON DIETZ, London School of Economics and Political Science

TIMOTHY M. LENTON, University of Exeter

DOROTHY J. MERRITTS, Franklin and Marshall College

MICHAEL SCHOON, Arizona State University

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Staff

MARGO CORUM, Study Director (until December 2023)

KATRINA HUI, Associate Program Officer (from February 2024)

PATRICIA RAZAFINDRAMBININA, Associate Program Officer (until April 2023)

HUGH WALPOLE, Associate Program Officer (until July 2024)

MAYA FREY, Senior Program Assistant (from April 2024)

SABAH RANA, Senior Program Assistant (until May 2023)

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Reviewers

This Proceedings of a Workshop on Tipping Points, Cascading Impacts, and Interacting Risks in the Earth System was reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in making each published proceedings as sound as possible and to ensure that it meets the institutional standards for quality, objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the process.

We thank the following individuals for their review of this proceedings:

LEE KUMP (NAS), Pennsylvania State University

MICHAEL SCHOON, Arizona State University

Although the reviewers listed above provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the content of the proceedings, nor did they see the final draft before its release. The review of this proceedings was overseen by JAMES HURRELL, Colorado State University. He was responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this proceedings was carried out in accordance with standards of the National Academies and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content rests entirely with the rapporteur(s) and the National Academies.

We also thank staff member Samantha Koretsky for reading and providing helpful comments on this manuscript.