Positive 'tipping points': How clean technologies could be on the cusp of exponential growth

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UK academic study outlines a series of positive 'tipping points' in key sectors that, if reached, would catalyse the global net zero transition

Positive "tipping points" in low carbon technology development could spark cascading changes that accelerate action that slows global temperature increases, according to fresh academic research today which...

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