Abstract
The burgeoning global phenomenon of climate change, coupled with the potential breach of
critical climate tipping points (CTPs), has emerged as a paramount concern for the inhabitants
of planet Earth. The deleterious impacts of global warming are increasingly manifesting
across both the Northern and Southern hemispheres. The cardinal objective of this scholarship
is to investigate the geographies of CTPs and their implications for planet Earth. In this
scholarly examination, a bibliometric review endeavors to elucidate the verifiable/ample
evidence surrounding global warming and the hazardous state of CTPs. The methodology
employed in this scholarship adheres to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews
and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) model, ensuring a systematic filtration and selection process
for pertinent literature. Through a thorough sequence of identification, screening, and
inclusion, materials such as manuscripts, news articles, and reports, all disseminated in the
English language, were subjected to analysis. Stricter adherence to the study’s predefined
criteria led to the exclusion of inappropriate or tangentially related literature. The resultant
dataset comprised 53 selected sources, distilled from an initial pool of 115 pieces. The
outcomes of this comprehensive systematic literature review serve to underscore the
incontrovertible evidence pertaining to the dangerous/risky status of CTPs. This examination
bridges the gaps in the existing knowledge discourse of CTPs within the Sri Lankan context
and its disaster risk reduction policy reforms (the author consider this as a pressing urgency),
as an island country in the midst of the current global climate change crisis.