{"id":2186107,"date":"2026-10-08T05:02:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T02:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2186107"},"modified":"2026-10-08T05:02:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T02:02:07","slug":"from-tigers-to-turtles-the-conservation-success-stories-that-prove-theres-still-hope-for-wildlife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2186107","title":{"rendered":"From tigers to turtles: The conservation success stories that prove there\u2019s still hope for wildlife"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/94\/28\/12\/1200x675_cmsv2_39fb81a2-3b63-523f-a587-907db5e16a93-9942812.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"abe-2932124-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1\" data-nid=\"2932124\" data-cid=\"9945048\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2932124-label-pos1-c-latest-stories\" 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mission\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"helper-site-row o-article-newsy\">\n<div class=\"helper-site-container o-article-newsy__container\">\n<div class=\"o-article-newsy__main\">\n<header class=\"h-grid o-article-newsy__main__header\">\n<nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumbs\" class=\"c-article-breadcrumbs\">\n<div id=\"adb-article-breadcrumb\" class=\"c-article-breadcrumbs__list\">\n<p>                          Earth<\/p>\n<p>                          Nature<\/p><\/div>\n<\/nav>\n<h1 class=\"c-article-redesign-title\">\n                            From tigers to turtles: The conservation success stories that prove there\u2019s still hope for wildlife<\/h1>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-video u-position-relative \">\n<div class=\"js-superdiv u-aspect-ratio-16x9 u-position-relative \" data-controller=\"video-player\" data-sponsored=\"Partner content\">\n<div class=\"js-playercontrols u-height-full u-position-absolute u-width-full is-autoplaying\" 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class=\"c-article-caption__text\"><br \/>\n              A female tiger and her cubs rest in a water hole at Tadoba Andhari tiger reserve in India.<br \/>\n                    <span class=\"u-color-white\">&#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__copyright\">Copyright\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__credit\">Richard Barrett \/ WWF UK<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-copyright c-article-image-copyright--novideo\">\n      Copyright\u00a0Richard Barrett \/ WWF UK\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"h-grid o-article-newsy__main__body u-article-content\">\n<div class=\"o-article-newsy__contributors-publication-date\">\n<div class=\"c-article-contributors\">\n  By&amp;nbspLiam Gilliver\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-publication-date\" data-timestamp=\"1791435727\">\n                    Published on                 <time datetime=\"2026-10-08 07:02:07 +02:00\">08\/10\/2026 &#8211; 7:02 GMT+2<\/time><span 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loading=\"lazy\"><span class=\"u-display-flex u-gap-1 u-show-for-mobile-only\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/vector\/social-icons\/article-redesign-whatsapp.svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" alt=\"whatsapp\" loading=\"lazy\"><span>Whatsapp<\/span><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/vector\/social-icons\/article-redesign-whatsapp.svg\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"whatsapp\" class=\"u-show-for-desktop\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-share-comment-popup__content__embed_container u-display-none\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment-popup__content__embed__tooltip\"><br \/>\n                            Copy\/paste the article video embed link below:<br \/>\n                        <\/span><span class=\"c-article-share-comment-popup__content__embed u-display-flex\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-desktop\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>New research from the WWF and the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) warns that there has been an average 73 per cent drop in the size of monitored wildlife populations over a 52-year period. <\/p>\n<p>The Living Planet Index (LPI) tracks how species populations are faring around the world and is based on almost 35,803 population trends and 5,790 species of vertebrates (amphibians, birds, fish, mammals and reptiles).<\/p>\n<p>Its latest findings, published in WWF\u2019s Living Planet Report (LPR) 2026, show an average decline of monitored wildlife populations of 2.5 per cent between 1970 and 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The LPI uses changes in population sizes to establish whether, on average, the relative abundance of monitored vertebrate species has increased, decreased or stayed the same. It does not mean that there are 73 per cent fewer wild animals in total today than in 1970.<\/p>\n<h2>What is causing wildlife population declines?<\/h2>\n<p>The new research warns that habitat loss and degradation are the most frequently reported threats affecting monitored wildlife populations, followed by overexploitation, climate change, pollution, invasive species and disease.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese threats are, in turn, driven by broader systemic failures across the food, energy and finance systems,\u201d the report states. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id data-event=\"widget_related\">\n<div class=\"c-widget-related__title\"><b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b><\/div>\n<ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\" id=\"abe-article-related-1\">\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">From Gal\u00e1pagos penguins to giant daisy trees: Powerful El Ni\u00f1o could decimate rare wildlife <\/li>\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">From corals to saiga: Inside the recovery of threatened wildlife<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>The steepest declines are seen in Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa and Asia and the Pacific. <\/p>\n<p>In both Europe and North America, large-scale impacts on nature had already taken place and biodiversity was in a poorer state by the baseline year of 1970, which explains why there is less of a negative trend in these regions.<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Progress is already underway\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Despite the stark findings, the report highlights the effectiveness of conservation efforts \u2013 arguing that there is still time to buck the trend.<\/p>\n<p>Tigers are one of the clearest examples. In 2010, only around 3,200 wild tigers remained and the species seemed to be heading rapidly towards extinction. But by last year, the population had grown to roughly 5,700 \u2013 marking a 70 per cent increase. <\/p>\n<p>Atlantic bluefin tuna were also destined for a similar fate, with numbers collapsing from decades of overfishing. Now, populations have recovered to the point where neither is considered threatened. <\/p>\n<p>Over in South Africa, elephants are stable or growing in many of the places where local communities lead the management of the land they share with them. <\/p>\n<p>And last year, the green sea turtle became the first marine turtle ever to be downlisted from Endangered to Least Concern, following decades of conservation efforts.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/94\/28\/12\/808x454_cmsv2_e87de4c5-42be-5e6c-933a-5fac196b718a-9942812.jpg\" alt=\"A group of turtle monitoring volunteers measure and tag a green turtle on the beach in Fiji.\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">A group of turtle monitoring volunteers measure and tag a green turtle on the beach in Fiji.<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Tom Vierus \/ WWF Pacific<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cBiodiversity continues to be degraded at an alarming pace, yet amid these steep declines there are grounds for hope,\u201d says Dr Kirsten Schuijt, director general of WWF International. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe report highlights evidence that many species populations are stable or recovering, alongside inspiring stories that show nature can rebound and change is possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr Schuijt credits years of \u201csustained collective conservation\u201d for recoveries in populations of tigers, tigers, bluefin tuna and green turtles.<\/p>\n<p>She adds: \u201cTo continue and expand these conservation successes, the industries and systems that drive nature loss need to be transformed. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cProgress is already underway. Not everywhere, and not yet at the scale required, but enough to demonstrate that change is possible. It&#8217;s time to accelerate the scale of those systemic changes already underway and work together in harmony with nature to build a more sustainable, equitable and resilient world.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>The three systems driving biodiversity loss<\/h2>\n<p>While the report acknowledges the importance of these recoveries, it argues that they sit inside a \u201cmuch larger set of forces\u201d driving biodiversity loss in the opposite direction. The first: the way the world produces and uses energy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBurning coal, oil, and gas to power homes, transport and industry generates roughly three-quarters of the greenhouse gas emissions driving climate change, which has now become a driver of biodiversity loss across every ecosystem on Earth,\u201d the report says.<\/p>\n<p>The second is the way the world produces and consumes food. Agriculture is the single largest cause of habitat loss and degradation and the leading driver of biodiversity decline.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe third is the financial system,\u201d the report explains. \u201cCapital allocation \u2013 the decisions about which industries receive investment and which do not \u2013 determines which activities grow and which shrink.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, around $7.3 trillion (\u20ac6.5t) flowed into activities that harm nature, while just $220 billion (\u20ac197b) went towards activities that protect or restore it. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cUntil that ratio shifts, the underlying drivers of biodiversity loss will continue to be funded,\u201d the report says. <\/p>\n<h2>Positive tipping points<\/h2>\n<p>Experts say that transforming these systems, even if it feels \u201cimpossible\u201d, can trigger positive tipping points. This occurs when a threshold is crossed and change accelerates.<\/p>\n<p>The clean energy transition is a clear example of this. Decades ago, a technology like solar power was used in pocket calculators and satellites.<\/p>\n<p>Now, it is the cheapest source of new electricity generation in most countries \u2013 one that is cushioning Europe\u2019s energy price shock from the war on Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, solar generated 13.1 per cent of EU electricity, outpacing coal and coming close to competing with gas. Together with wind, solar generated more EU electricity than fossil fuels for the first time in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery phase of the transition has produced resistance from industries and political interests whose dominance is threatened by it,\u201d the report says. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn recent years, that resistance has intensified in some parts of the world. The pushback is part of how transformations work, and it indicates that the change has become disruptive enough to matter. 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Can we change course?<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2930267-pos2-c-article-you-might-also-like__item\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1\" data-nid=\"2930267\" data-cid=\"9935959\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2930267-label-pos2-c-article-you-might-also-like__item\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/93\/58\/99\/480x270_cmsv2_04792534-39b0-5b24-b44a-3ed97c390924-9935899.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"The coffee cherries from a 2025 harvest in Brazil\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    Earth News<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Palermo, first coffee grown and harvested in Italy: warmer climate is changing farming<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2877681-pos2-top-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-2 m-modeDesktop-2 the-media-object--no-label\" data-nid=\"2877681\" data-cid=\"9682256\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2877681-label-pos2-top-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/68\/22\/56\/320x180_cmsv2_5b7cf5f7-6104-5545-b661-19e4c31b0005-9682256.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"The barn owl is among four animals selected to feature on the new UK banknotes.\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Nature to replace historical figures on UK banknotes<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2931972-pos3-top-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-2 m-modeDesktop-2 the-media-object--no-label\" data-nid=\"2931972\" data-cid=\"9944058\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure 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class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/94\/13\/14\/320x180_cmsv2_72b5e3f4-1589-54a1-a7f6-5b6ed5ed6ac9-9941314.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"A colony of chinstrap penguins on Zavodovski Island\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Why this remote volcanic island lost Earth\u2019s largest penguin colony<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2929524-pos5-top-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-2 m-modeDesktop-2 the-media-object--no-label\" data-nid=\"2929524\" data-cid=\"9932083\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2929524-label-pos5-top-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/93\/20\/83\/320x180_cmsv2_464f26c0-ed9b-5d8e-8c50-ac1b90b8c60c-9932083.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Aerial view of a new island in the northern Caspian Sea, Kazakhstan.\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    New island emerges in Caspian Sea as water levels continue to fall<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2931363-pos6-top-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-2 m-modeDesktop-2 the-media-object--no-label\" data-nid=\"2931363\" data-cid=\"9941065\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2931363-label-pos6-top-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/94\/10\/65\/320x180_cmsv2_a84f49e4-2a98-522a-aaff-897f3cbbb6ab-9941065.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"COP31 President-designate and Turkiye&apos;s Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Minister Murat Kurum speaks during the Istanbul Climate Finance Summit, Sept. 4, 2026. \" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Electrification, climate finance and crises: What to expect at COP31<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2931721-pos1-mostViewed\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-3 m-modeDesktop-3 the-media-object--has-video the-media-object--has-related the-media-object--no-label\" data-nid=\"2931721\" data-cid=\"9942812\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Why wildlife populations have declined by 73 per cent in just 50 years<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2929524-pos2-mostViewed\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-3 m-modeDesktop-3 the-media-object--has-related the-media-object--no-label\" data-nid=\"2929524\" data-cid=\"9932083\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    New island emerges in Caspian Sea as water levels continue to fall<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2918309-pos3-mostViewed\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-3 m-modeDesktop-3 the-media-object--has-video the-media-object--no-label\" data-nid=\"2918309\" data-cid=\"9877550\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Making every drop of water count<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__quote\">In partnership with <strong>Center for the Production of Content for Mass Media under the Administration of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2931403-pos4-mostViewed\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-3 m-modeDesktop-3 the-media-object--has-related the-media-object--no-label\" data-nid=\"2931403\" data-cid=\"9941314\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Why this remote volcanic island lost Earth\u2019s largest penguin colony<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2930191-pos5-mostViewed\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-3 m-modeDesktop-3 the-media-object--has-video the-media-object--has-related the-media-object--no-label\" data-nid=\"2930191\" data-cid=\"9935492\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    New cameras show how many birds are killed by offshore wind turbines<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"articleBody\" data-key=\"articleBody\">Biodiversity continues to be degraded at an \u201calarming pace\u201d \u2013 but experts insist there are still grounds for hope.New research from the WWF and the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) warns that there has been an average 73 per cent drop in the size of monitored wildlife populations over a 52-year period.\u00a0The Living Planet Index (LPI) tracks how species populations are faring around the world and is based on almost 35,803 population trends and 5,790 species of vertebrates (amphibians, birds, fish, mammals and reptiles).Its latest findings, published in WWF\u2019s Living Planet Report (LPR) 2026, show an average decline of monitored wildlife populations of 2.5 per cent between 1970 and 2022.The LPI uses changes in population sizes to establish whether, on average, the relative abundance of monitored vertebrate species has increased, decreased or stayed the same. It does not mean that there are 73 per cent fewer wild animals in total today than in 1970.What is causing wildlife population declines?The new research warns that habitat loss and degradation are the most frequently reported threats affecting monitored wildlife populations, followed by overexploitation, climate change, pollution, invasive species and disease.\u201cThese threats are, in turn, driven by broader systemic failures across the food, energy and finance systems,\u201d the report states.\u00a0The steepest declines are seen in Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa and Asia and the Pacific.\u00a0In both Europe and North America, large-scale impacts on nature had already taken place and biodiversity was in a poorer state by the baseline year of 1970, which explains why there is less of a negative trend in these regions.\u2018Progress is already underway\u2019Despite the stark findings, the report highlights the effectiveness of conservation efforts \u2013 arguing that there is still time to buck the trend.Tigers are one of the clearest examples. In 2010, only around 3,200 wild tigers remained and the species seemed to be heading rapidly towards extinction. But by last year, the population had grown to roughly 5,700 \u2013 marking a 70 per cent increase.\u00a0Atlantic bluefin tuna were also destined for a similar fate, with numbers collapsing from decades of overfishing. Now, populations have recovered to the point where neither is considered threatened.\u00a0Over in South Africa, elephants are stable or growing in many of the places where local communities lead the management of the land they share with them.\u00a0And last year, the green sea turtle became the first marine turtle ever to be downlisted from Endangered to Least Concern, following decades of conservation efforts.\u201cBiodiversity continues to be degraded at an alarming pace, yet amid these steep declines there are grounds for hope,\u201d says Dr Kirsten Schuijt, director general of WWF International.\u00a0\u201cThe report highlights evidence that many species populations are stable or recovering, alongside inspiring stories that show nature can rebound and change is possible.\u201dDr Schuijt credits years of \u201csustained collective conservation\u201d for recoveries in populations of tigers, tigers, bluefin tuna and green turtles.She adds: \u201cTo continue and expand these conservation successes, the industries and systems that drive nature loss need to be transformed.\u00a0\u201cProgress is already underway. Not everywhere, and not yet at the scale required, but enough to demonstrate that change is possible. It&#8217;s time to accelerate the scale of those systemic changes already underway and work together in harmony with nature to build a more sustainable, equitable and resilient world.\u201dThe three systems driving biodiversity lossWhile the report acknowledges the importance of these recoveries, it argues that they sit inside a \u201cmuch larger set of forces\u201d driving biodiversity loss in the opposite direction. The first: the way the world produces and uses energy.\u201cBurning coal, oil, and gas to power homes, transport and industry generates roughly three-quarters of the greenhouse gas emissions driving climate change, which has now become a driver of biodiversity loss across every ecosystem on Earth,\u201d the report says.The second is the way the world produces and consumes food. Agriculture is the single largest cause of habitat loss and degradation and the leading driver of biodiversity decline.\u201cThe third is the financial system,\u201d the report explains. \u201cCapital allocation \u2013 the decisions about which industries receive investment and which do not \u2013 determines which activities grow and which shrink.\u201dIn 2023, around $7.3 trillion (\u20ac6.5t) flowed into activities that harm nature, while just $220 billion (\u20ac197b) went towards activities that protect or restore it.\u00a0\u201cUntil that ratio shifts, the underlying drivers of biodiversity loss will continue to be funded,\u201d the report says.\u00a0Positive tipping pointsExperts say that transforming these systems, even if it feels \u201cimpossible\u201d, can trigger positive tipping points. This occurs when a threshold is crossed and change accelerates.The clean energy transition is a clear example of this. Decades ago, a technology like solar power was used in pocket calculators and satellites.Now, it is the cheapest source of new electricity generation in most countries \u2013 one that is cushioning Europe\u2019s energy price shock from the war on Iran.Last year, solar generated 13.1 per cent of EU electricity, outpacing coal and coming close to competing with gas. Together with wind, solar generated more EU electricity than fossil fuels for the first time in 2025.\u201cEvery phase of the transition has produced resistance from industries and political interests whose dominance is threatened by it,\u201d the report says.\u00a0\u201cIn recent years, that resistance has intensified in some parts of the world. The pushback is part of how transformations work, and it indicates that the change has become disruptive enough to matter. 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