Policy briefing at the UN Human Rights Council

On 6 March 2026 TipESM delivered a policy briefing focused on human rights and climate tipping points. The event took place in Geneva, Switzerland, at the 61st session of the UN Human Rights Council.

The event was co-organized with Just Atonement Inc. and the UN Special Rapporteur on Climate Change and Human Rights.

The event provided an opporutnity to discuss human rights implications associated with the crossing of tipping points, including State obligations to respect, protect and ensure human rights. The panel discussed gaps in current governance mechanisms particularly as they relate to human rights and tipping points, and addressed the question of how to strengthen governance mechanisms so that States can respect, protect, and fulfill human rights obligations in the context of tipping points.

Resources: Recording of the policy briefing – 61st session of the UN Human Rights Council.

Policy briefs:

• Global climate tipping points: What are they and what could they mean?
• The Amazon: A potential tipping point for the Earth’s climate system
• Do we need a legal framework for loss of habitability due to extreme heat?

Science-to-Policy Forum with European Commission

TipESM took part in the Science-to-Policy Forum with EC members on 25 September 2025. The organization of the Forum was led by ESM2025 project, with participation from: RESCUE, OptimESM, and ClimTip. The discussions during the Forum were consolidated into an Earth System Insights briefing, summarising the latest evidence on how human emissions are changing the climate and what this means for mitigation and risk management. The policy brief explores:

A. How can we track progress in the real
world and anticipate risks?

B. How effectively will our actions result in
a peak and decline in global warming?

C. How stable are global climate processes
and what are the global and regional
impacts of climatic instability?

D. Research gaps.

Resources: Earth System Insights, Policy Brief, 2025.

Raising Awareness of Earth System Tipping Points: Implications for EU Governance

TipESM was invited to participate in a workshop entitled “Raising Awareness of Earth System Tipping Points: Implications for EU Governance”, which brought together experts from various fields, including Earth-System sciences, mathematics, economics, finance and social sciences, as well as policymakers, to discuss the implications of tipping points for EU governance.
Find out more about this event and its outcomes

Resources:
Proceedings, cite as: Galmarini, S., Roman-Cuesta, R.M., Dentener, F., Ruiz Moreno, A., Alessi, L. et al. (2025). Raising Awareness of Earth System Tipping Points: Implications for EU Governance – Workshop report, Publications Office of the European Union, JRC141821, https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2760/9047293.

Clustering Event for the Horizon Europe Cluster 5 Destination 1 projects: Policy event on “Recent Advances in Climate Science”

The TipESM project expects three key outcome that can be directly relevant to policy development. These include the Tipping Point Risk Register, the Early Warning for Climate Tipping Points and the Same Emissions pathways.

Resources:
Find out more about the key messages and the discussion at this event.

Workshops with operational users in Sweden and Denmark

TipESM, through Danish Meteorological Insititute (DMI) and Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI) organized workshops with public authorities and operational users of climate data to understand their needs and requirements. This is part of the TipESM Exploitation Strategy.

Resources:
Deliverable TipESM D9.4 Exploitation Strategy

Meeting on climate services in “Nouvelle Aquitaine” region

A meeting about climate services in the “Nouvelle Aquitaine” (FR) region with a large number of stakeholders. The key topics included decadal predictions and the notion of thresholds. The discussion focused on forestry, water management, coastal management and agriculture.

Resources:
Swingedouw, D., Mignot, J., Sgubin, G., Alkama, R., Torres, O., Verge Douce Gastineau, G., & Reiter, R. (2024, maj 16). Prévisions climatiques décennales (Ten-year climate forecasts). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11203938

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