Interconnected Disaster Risks Report 2023
The Interconnected Disaster Risks Report 2023 was produced by the United Nations University (UNU) Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS). The UNU is the academic arm of the United Nations. The UNU-EHS’s mission is to research risks and adaptation related to environmental hazards and global change.
The Interconnected Disaster Risks Report 2023 defines a risk tipping point as when the systems that we rely on for our lives and societies cannot buffer risks and stop functioning like we expect it to. The report finds that 27 of the world’s 31 major aquifers are depleting faster than.
Released by United Nations University – Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS).
As per report, world is fast approaching Risk tipping points on multiple fronts.
Risk tipping point is a moment when a socioecological system loses its ability to buffer risks, leading to increased potential for catastrophic impacts.
This is different from so-called “Climate Tipping Points” which means specific thresholds after which unstoppable changes occur, influencing global climate.
This is different from so-called “Climate Tipping Points” which means specific thresholds after which unstoppable changes occur, influencing global climate.
Six interconnected risk tipping points are:
- Accelerating extinctions that trigger chain reaction to ecosystem collapse.
- Groundwater depletion that drains water risking food supply.
- Mountain glaciers melting.
- Space debris causing loss of multiple satellites.
- Unbearable heat making it hard to live in some areas.
- Uninsurable future when rising risks make homes unaffordable.
Drivers of Risk tipping point
- Human-induced greenhouse gas emissions
- Insufficient risk management and insufficient cooperation
- Global demand pressures.
- Inequality of development and livelihood opportunities.
Solutions: In the form of Avoid (preventing risk), Adapt (dealing with risk), Delay (slowing risk progression), and Transform (system overhaul).
About UNU-EHS
- It is an academic arm of the United Nations and acts as a global think tank.
- Established in 2003
- Mission: carry out research on risks and adaptation related to environmental hazards and global change.
- promotes policies and programmes to reduce these risks, while taking into account the interplay between environmental and societal factors.
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