Climate solutions most likely to reach ‘positive tipping points’ revealed by scientists

The report identified clean electricity as the ‘highest-leverage’ transition, as cheaper solar and wind power could accelerate change beyond the energy sector. Photograph: Dave Donaldson/Alamy

A rapid global shift to clean electricity could trigger a “cascade” of progress towards repairing the damage to the planet by the climate crisis, according to a report identifying the environmental solutions most likely to bring about change.

The analysis focuses on “positive tipping points” – thresholds beyond which a sustainable technology or practice becomes increasingly cheap, widespread or politically popular, allowing progress to become self-propelling.