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Only two UN climate plans address weakening Atlantic current, study finds

Original: # Europe Only two of the 91 national climate adaptation plans submitted to the United Nations mention the Atlantic Merid

Only two of the 91 national climate adaptation plans submitted to the United Nations mention the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), the system of ocean currents that keeps north-western Europe relatively mild. Neither of those plans sets out concrete steps to prepare for a potential weakening or collapse of the circulation. The gap highlights how little governments are planning for one of climate science's most consequential tipping points.

Why now: Fears about an AMOC tipping point are growing as new research and debates about its potential collapse circulate among climate scientists and commentators.

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• # Europe Only two of the 91 national climate adaptation plans submitted to the United Nations mention the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), the system of ocean currents that keeps north-western Europe relatively mild, and neither sets out concrete steps in… · Snoro · 1

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