Tipping points webinar series: The future of the Amazon: Deforestation, climate, and tipping points

The Tipping points discussion series supports efforts to increase consistency in the treatment of tipping elements in the scientific community, develop a research agenda, and design joint experiments and ideas for a Tipping Element Model Intercomparison Project (TipMip). It is a joint activity of the Analysis, Integration, and Modeling of the Earth System (AIMES) global research project of Future Earth, the Earth Commission Working Group 1 Earth and Human Systems Intercomparison Modelling Project (EHSMIP) under the Global Commons Alliance, and the Safe Landing Climates Light House Activity of World Climate Research Program (WCRP). IIASA co-hosts the scientific secretariat of Working Group 1 of the Earth Commission and is one of the organizers of these events.

The Amazon basin is home to tens of millions people, is one of the most biodiverse places on Earth, and is a critical ecosystem that helps regulate our climate. It is also a potential climate tipping point. This webinar will explore the latest science on how deforestation in the Amazon can drive it toward irreversible changes, climate impacts, and the metrics that signal when the area may be approaching a critical shift from rainforest to savannah.

Agenda

• Lucas Ferreira Correa (LMU Munich): Amazon deforestation and contributing to tipping
• Julia Pongratz (LMU Munich): Land-use vs climate change impacts on Amazon tree cover
• Bernardo Flores (UFSC): Current state of the Amazon and key tipping point metrics
• Followed by a moderated discussion by Lana Blaschke (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research)

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A recording will be available after the event.