Scientists, supported by millions of dollars in government funding, have identified two so-called climate change ‘tipping points’ – tipping points that, if breached, could put the UK and many other countries at risk. is about to embark on a mission to build an “early warning system” against the The world is facing new realities of extreme weather and food insecurity.
The £81m multi-year plan could see the robot, dubbed WALL-E by some experts after Pixar’s robot environment hero, deployed to monitor the effects of climate change in the Atlantic and Arctic. The cash will also be used for supercomputer models of historical climate data.
It all comes down to the Advanced Research and Inventions Agency (ARIA), an independent body funded by the government and set up at the instigation of former Downing Street adviser Dominic Cummings, who was a close ally of Boris Johnson until he was forced out of Downing Street. ) will be led. 2020 is a year of shame.
ARIA has the authority to conduct research that is considered “too speculative, too difficult, or too interdisciplinary to be pursued elsewhere,” according to its mission statement.
This includes tackling anticipated climate disasters. “Governments have an obligation to think about the unthinkable,” said Laurie Laybourne, a climate and security researcher at the Public Policy Institute think tank.
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Project details are expected to be announced in early 2025.
