Climate Action Tracker warns the world is headed for an irrecoverable overshoot of the 1.5°C warming limit, with current policies putting Earth on track for 2.7°C of heating by 2100.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres demands immediate drastic emissions cuts at COP31 as electrification push collides with AI energy demands and fossil fuel debates.
A new study finds that all 46 IPCC regions have already experienced 90–94% of the warming expected at 1.5°C global warming and 65–76% of that expected at 2°C, making current regional warming statistically indistinguishable from a 1.5°C world.
Coverage from Inside Climate News and The New York Times examines why fossil fuels still dominate after three decades of climate talks and questions Turkey's climate credentials ahead of COP31.
Ten years after the Paris Agreement, global reports question whether signatories have fulfilled their climate promises as emissions targets become harder to reach.