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  1. Tipping point

    Sociology

    In sociology, a tipping point is a point in time when a group—or many group members—rapidly and dramatically changes its behavior by widely adopting a previously rare practice. Wikipedia

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  2. en.wikipedia.org

    In sociology, a tipping point is a point in time when a group—or many group members—rapidly and dramatically changes its behavior by widely adopting a previously rare practice. [1] ... When social norms of sustainability are costly - or at least detrimental rather than beneficial - for individuals to violate, this may substantially ...
  3. sciencedirect.com

    Against this backdrop, there is a growing consensus not only that climate tipping points prove a salient focal point for the dialogue between scientists and decision-makers (Werners et al., 2013), but also that avoiding crossing undesired climate tipping points requires rapid transformational social change, which may be propelled (intentionally or unintentionally) by triggering social tipping ...
    Author:Ricarda Winkelmann, Ricarda Winkelmann, Jonathan Friedemann Donges, Jonathan Friedemann Donges, E. K...Published:2022
  4. We first synthesized these diverse theoretical and observational accounts of tipping-point dynamics to derive theoretical predictions for the size of an effective critical mass ().Based on earlier theoretical (9, 26) and qualitative studies of social convention (20, 23), we propose a simple model of strategic choice in which actors decide which social conventions to follow by choosing the ...
    Author:Damon Centola, Joshua Becker, Devon Brackbill, Andrea BaronchelliPublished:2018
  5. sciencedirect.com

    Jun 21, 2024The urgency for rapid and sustained reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions has drawn the attention of scientific and policy debates to social tipping (ST) points 1, 2 that can trigger accelerated climate action through cascading effects in societies, institutions, and economic systems once a critical threshold is crossed. As a result, ST points have gained wide attention as a high ...
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  7. frontiersin.org

    A social tipping point is a social process that involves drastic changes in both individual and collective behaviors, as well as in institutional settings. The latter can include changes in governance, legal and economic arrangements, as well as long-term effects on social norms and values. Hence, these systems consist of situated, adaptive ...
  8. sciencedirect.com

    Jun 1, 2024A conceptual framework for identifying social tipping points in transitions. • An empirical case to apply this conceptualization with 1111 valid survey completes. • Estimated social tipping point for EV adoption in Shanghai falls between 31 and 40 %. • A self-sustaining uptake driven by peer effects can be anticipated after tipping. •
  9. wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

    The social tipping point offers a lifeline in this situation, relieving growing psychological unease about the climate predicament. The concept implies that extraordinary and previously unconsidered ways of change are available that might keep the climate goals in reach (along with negative emissions technologies and possibly geoengineering). ...
  10. theconversation.com

    Jul 31, 2023More broadly, we can see the response to the ozone hole as an example of a positive social tipping point. In the 1970s and 80s, concern about the growing impacts of the ozone hole on human health ...

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