1.  With contributions from 160 authors, 23 countries, and 87 institutions, The Global Tipping Points Report 2025 finds that already at 1.4 degrees C of global warming, a tipping point is being crossed that reduces Earth's ability to cope with the human interference that creates negative tipping points (diebacks of coral reefs, rainforests, polar ice sheets, extreme drought, flooding, storms, etc), mainly from the burning of fossil fuels (coal, oil, gas).  As we approach overshooting the 1.5 C (2.5 degrees F) threshold of irreversible negative tipping points, the report issues positive tipping point strategies to minimize the magnitude and duration of global temperature overshoot.  Renewable energy such as solar PV, for example, is doubling capacity every 2-3 years, while storage battery prices have plummeted by 84% in the last decade with capacity growing exponentially.  This will reduce emissions in the heating, transportation, and industry sectors, stimulating new investment in overall efficiency, grid upgrades, energy storage, and demand flexibility.  

2.  Pollution from gasoline-powered cars and trucks is the major contributor to planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in the U.S., yet the federal government has recently proposed weakening vehicle mileage rules for the auto industry, and has already relaxed auto tailpipe emissions rules, repealed fines for automakers that do not meet federal mileage standards, and terminated consumer credits for new and used EVs (electric vehicles).  In the meantime, EV adoption is accelerating in leading markets, with China dominating global production, while oil-rich Norway has nearly total adoption of EV technology.  The Gulf States and Saudi Arabia are rapidly expanding their renewable energy and EV fleets with low-cost wind and solar, saving their oil for export, while the U.S. is encouraging increased domestic oil consumption.  The key to mass adoption of EV technology requires price parity, battery performance, and charging availability, all of which determines a better outcome for consumers and provides a positive tipping point for fighting global warming. 

3.  The Global Tipping Points Report 2025 emphasizes the short, yet crucial, time we have to stay under the 1.5C (2.5F) rise in global warming (we are already at 1.4C) that threatens every aspect of life on Earth, including our health, safety, and economic security.  While other countries invest billions of dollars in clean energy development, the U.S. has chosen to cut investments that create high-wage jobs, drive innovation, and lower energy bills for Americans.  The fiscal year 2026 Energy and Water Appropriations bill cuts energy efficiency and renewable energy programs at the Department of Energy by $1.6 billion, a 47% cut.  Developing our own homegrown clean and sustainable energy has given Minnesotans 62,000 jobs in clean energy, and more than 44,000 jobs in energy efficiency, job growth that is five times faster than Minnesota's overall growth. With climate change making nations around the world more unstable and less safe, investing in clean energy is a matter of national security as well as economic security.

4.  The adoption of solar PV, wind power, EV technology, battery storage, and heat pumps is an example of how tipping points in one sector (eg. battery storage) can increase the likelihood of tipping points in another (renewable energy).  Similarly, clear policy changes can positively tip our food system by eliminating the 25% of greenhouse gases linked to food, farming, and deforestation, and help reduce biodiversity loss.  Regenerating nature (avoiding the dieback of the Amazon rainforest, for example) will require a legal framework supported by public/private finance to shift to sustainable production and consumption, and away from currently subsidized harmful practices.  Together with low-carbon, reliable electricity that meets increasing energy demands, crucial changes in our food system are critical to avoiding negative tipping points in nature (diebacks of rainforests, coral reefs, polar ice sheets, etc,) and instead  creating the positive tipping points in nature needed to nurture all of life.