The seven megatrends that could beat global warming: 'There is reason for hope'

Until recently the battle to avert catastrophic climate change - floods, droughts, famine, mass migrations - seemed to be lost. But with the tipping point just years away, the tide is finally turning, thanks to innovations ranging from cheap renewables to lab-grown meat and electric airplanes'Everybody gets paralysed by bad news because they feel helpless," says Christiana Figueres, the former UN climate chief who delivered the landmark Paris climate change agreement. "It is so in our personal lives, in our national lives and in our planetary life."But it is becoming increasingly clear that it does not need to be all bad news: a series of fast-moving global megatrends, spurred by trillion-dollar investments, indicates that humanity might be able to avert the worst impacts of global warming. From trends already at full steam, including renewable energy, to those just now hitting the big time, such as mass-market electric cars, to those just emerging, such as plant-based alternatives to meat, these trends show that greenhouse gas emissions can be halted. Continue reading...