Humanity is currently on a disastrous trajectory, according to the Global Tipping Points report, the most comprehensive assessment of tipping points ever conducted. The report makes six key recommendations to change course fast, including coordinated action to trigger positive tipping points. A tipping point occurs when a small change sparks an often rapid and irreversible transformation, and the effects can be positive or negative. Based on an assessment of 26 negative Earth system tipping points, the report concludes “business as usual” is no longer possible – with rapid changes to nature and societies already happening, and more coming. As Earth system tipping points multiply, there is a risk of catastrophic, global-scale loss of capacity to grow staple crops.