Despite the rapid growth of solar and wind power along with advancements in battery technology capabilities to store such energy, demand for fossil fuels remains undiminished1 and greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase2. Without rapid and dramatic changes in our emissions trajectory, humanity may surpass a 1.5°C global average surface temperature anomaly by 2030 and 2°C by mid-century3. Such a temperature trajectory would not only be damaging in its own right, but would risk triggering self-reinforcing transitions in various tipping elements of the climate system4–9, which in turn could dramatically accelerate climate damages.