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cord-342579-kepbz245	Galaz, Victor	Global networks and global change-induced tipping points	2014-05-01		.txt	text/plain	13347	714	39	Despite an increased interest, however, few empirical studies exist that explicitly explores the capacity of international actors, institutions, and global networks to deal with perceived ''tipping point'' dynamics in human-environmental systems. In short, we have illustrated how state and non-state actors (here operationalized as global networks) attempt to build early warning capacities and improve their information processing capabilities; how they strategically expand the networks, as well as diversify their membership; how they reconfigure in ways that secures a prompt response in the face of abrupt change (e.g., novel rapidly diffusing disease, illegal fishery) or opportunities (e.g., climate negotiations); and how they mobilize economical and intellectual resources fundamentally supported by advances in information and communication technologies (e.g., through satellite monitoring and Internet data mining). As these actors perceive the possible transgression of human-environmental ''tipping points'' (incentives), they coordinate their actions in global networks to increase their opportunities to bring additional issues to existing policy arenas created by international institutions (adaptability).	./cache/cord-342579-kepbz245.txt	./txt/cord-342579-kepbz245.txt