UK preparing for ‘the end of the world’

Some experts believe we could hit catastrophic climate ‘tipping points’ in a matter of years. The U.K., along with the rest of the world, may be on the brink of climate disaster, POLITICO writes.

The country has turned to scientific experts and to a government-backed center for help.

Scientists, assisted with millions in government funding, are about to embark on a mission to set up an “early warning system” for two so-called climate change ‘tipping points’: critical thresholds which, if breached, could plunge Britain and much of the world into a new reality of extreme weather and food insecurity.

The £81 million, multi-year scheme could deploy robots — dubbed WALL-E by some experts, in honor of Pixar’s robotic environmental hero — to monitor the impact of climate change in the Atlantic Ocean and the Arctic. The cash would also be used for supercomputer models of historic climate data.

It will all be led by the Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA), an independent body funded by the government and founded at the instigation of former Downing Street adviser Dominic Cummings, Boris Johnson’s top aide until he was forced out of Downing Street in a swirl of ignominy in 2020.

Full details of the “Climate monitor” project will be announced in early 2025.

But the aim is to monitor for changes in ocean circulation, temperature, and ice melt — driven by global warming — that could herald the collapse of the subpolar gyre (SPG).