Harnessing Positive Climate 'Tipping Points': A Blueprint for Rapid Change and Saving the Planet

A new Global Tipping Points Report highlights the need for urgent action to prevent negative tipping points, such as the collapse of major ice sheets and coral reefs. However, the report also emphasizes the potential for positive tipping points in human technology, economics, politics, and social behavior. By making desired changes the cheapest, most convenient, or morally acceptable option, and by intervening with information campaigns and incentives, multiple systems can tip in a domino effect of cascading beneficial change. The report offers a blueprint for achieving a more sustainable future, drawing on examples like Norway's transition to electric vehicles.