Global Tipping Points Conference 2027
Monday 24th to Friday 28th May 2027
The next Global Tipping Point Conference (GTPC) will be hosted by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) for the first time, from 24–28 May 2027. The first three days will take place at PIK’s Telegrafenberg campus in Potsdam, followed by two days at the EUREF Gasometer in Berlin.
The 2027 GTPC follows the successful conferences held at the University of Exeter in 2022 & 2025 and the Sunway Centre for Planetary Health in Malaysia in 2026. The 2027 conference will be co-organised by PIK, the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology (MPI-GEA, Jena, Germany), the Global Systems Institute (GSI) at the University of Exeter (UK), and the Sunway Centre for Planetary Health (Malaysia).
Conference Convenors
Johan Rockström
Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Ricarda Winkelmann
Founding Director of the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology
Jemilah Mahmood
Executive Director, Professor of Global Health, Sunway Centre for Planetary Health
Tim Lenton
Professor of Climate Change and Earth System Science, Global Systems Institute: University of Exeter
WHAT ARE THE AIMS OF THE GTPC 2027?
The GTPC 2027 will bring together leaders from science, finance, law, business, advocacy, outreach and policy. Sessions will have varying, engaging formats from plenaries, panels, fireside chats to poster sessions and action workshops.
- Bridge the latest tipping point science from Earth system science to socio-economic systems and transformation pathways, keeping the GTPC spirit of “science on action to tackle (negative) tipping points and to leverage societal tipping point dynamics for transformations”
- Broadening engagement with the social sciences and economics to better understand socio-economic impacts of the large-scale physical risks implied by tipping points and approaches to manage the associated risks and uncertainties
- Provide clarity and distinction between nonlinear dynamics and tipping points science in an Earth system context, and solution pathways and stakeholder (including governance) engagement
UPCOMING CALL FOR PARALLEL SESSION PROPOSALS
Please note that the call for parallel session proposals (which can take various formats such as plenaries, panels, workshops, or fireside chats) with all associated details will be advertised later in Autumn 2026! If you would like to be notified about conference updates, including when the parallel call is open, we encourage you to email gtpc27@pik-potsdam.de and we will add you to our mailing list. Please send your email with the subject: “Request to join the GTPC27 mailing list for conference updates: [Your Name]”. Note that only once the decisions on parallel sessions have been made will the call for abstracts (presentations and posters) open.
conference Updates and Enquiries
Please email gtpc27@pik-potsdam.de to receive conference updates via our mailing list. We kindly ask you to address your email with with the subject: “Request to join the GTPC27 mailing list for conference updates: [Your Name]”.
gtpc27@pik-potsdam.de can also be used in case of any questions related to the conference in 2027.
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