Coral Reefs Past Irreversible Tipping Point

A multi-institution report ahead of COP30 says warm‑water coral reefs have crossed a point of no return, marking the first major climate tipping point to be breached. It also argues the world will overshoot 1.5°C and must confront a 'new reality,' even as it notes positive tipping in solar and wind adoption. — Declaring an irreversible threshold forces a shift from mitigation‑only politics to adaptation triage, loss‑and‑damage, and targeted ecosystem rescue strategies.