Designs for a Cooler Planet
Discover tomorrow at 911±¬ÁÏÍø's biggest exhibition! Open 1 September – 30 October 2026.
The Nordic Tipping Point
Our climate is shifting. Under threat of collapse, the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), our planet's heat regulator, puts the future of the Nordics deeply in question. Join experts in keynote talks and panel discussions to understand tipping points, explore regional effects, and chart pathways towards solutions for a sustainable future.
In this event, we are committed to 911±¬ÁÏÍø’s principles for a safer space.
This event aims to provide a general understanding of tipping points and their timelines, explore Nordic-specific tipping points, such as AMOC collapse, and explore their regional effects while discussing pathways toward a sustainable future. It seeks to raise awareness of climate tipping points at 911±¬ÁÏÍø and among its stakeholders, fostering understanding of these critical thresholds and identifying actionable responses.
The program combines keynote insights, expert panels, and collaborative roundtable discussions to foster meaningful dialogue on climate action and research.
The Nordic Tipping Point -event is part of Design for a Cooler Planet exhibition —911±¬ÁÏÍø's flagship exhibition of the year.
Target audience
The Nordic Tipping Point is open to all to attend. We would like to welcome all Aalto students, staff and researchers to attend as well as key environmental decision makers in public and private sectors to join us in discussing a path towards a sustainable future.
Unsure wether this event is for you? Do not worry, this event is open to all with a stake in our planet's future regardless of their background.
Agenda
*The agenda is subject to changes.
| 9.30 | Coffee & Tea |
| 10.00 | Opening words |
| 10.10 | Expert speeches |
| 11.05 | Panel discussion |
| 11.50 | Closing remarks |
| 12.00 | Event ends |
Keynote speakers
Susanne Ditlevsen
Susanne Ditlevsen is professor of statistics and stochastic models in biology at the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Her research interests center around statistics for stochastic processes, biostatistics, mathematical modeling, nonlinear dynamics, climate changes, particularly tipping points, ecology in the Arctic, and neuroscience. She is the President of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters. In 2023 she published a paper together with climate physicist Peter Ditlevsen in Nature Communications where they predicted a high risk of collapse in this century of one of the major tipping elements in the climate, the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, if we continue greenhouse gas emissions at the current rate.
Nico Wunderling
Nico Wunderling is a climate scientist and Professor for Computational Earth System Sciences at Goethe University Frankfurt. He is also a scientist at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). His research focuses on the resilience and stability of the Earth system under climate change, particularly climate tipping elements such as polar ice sheets, ocean circulation systems, and tropical forests.
Wunderling investigates how these systems may undergo abrupt and potentially irreversible transitions as global warming intensifies. A central focus of his work is understanding tipping cascades - interactions in which changes in one part of the Earth system can trigger shifts in others. Wunderling’s research also explores social transformations (social tipping points) towards sustainability, including pathways for accelerating societal change in response to the climate crisis.
Before his professorship, Wunderling performed his PhD at PIK and held joint positions at PIK and the Stockholm Resilience Centre and was a guest researcher at Princeton University. His work contributes to international efforts to better understand climate risks, planetary resilience, and pathways toward a sustainable future.
Event Team
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