A decade after the Paris Agreement, the world has seen some reductions in warming projections, but the overall pace of climate action remains far short of the goal to limit warming to 1.5°C, and climate harms are accelerating.

Renewables are increasingly cheaper than fossil fuels in many regions, with wind, solar, and other renewables driving much of electricity growth since 2015, alongside a sharp rise in global electric vehicle sales.

Experts warn the gap between on-the-ground progress and developed-country targets is widening, and leaders acknowledge the need for more ambitious action.

Glaciers and major ice sheets have lost trillions of tons of ice, with sea-level implications that add to coastal risks.

Prominent figures cited include Johan Rockström, Christiana Figueres, Inger Andersen, Todd Stern, and researchers from NOAA, Copernicus, and the Bezos Earth Fund consortium.

Deforestation-linked shifts in the Amazon and other critical regions, along with rising methane and CO2 levels, underscore ongoing pollution challenges.

Since 2015, global temperatures have risen notably, with record heat and more extreme weather events across regions.

Sea level rise is accelerating, about 40 millimeters (1.6 inches) since 2015, heightening coastal risk.

The Amazon’s role as a carbon sink has weakened due to deforestation, while sea levels rise and ice losses continue, signaling broad climate impacts.

The past decade produced a heavy bill of billion-dollar weather disasters, totaling roughly $1.5 trillion in the United States alone, with widespread wildfires, floods, and heatwaves worldwide.

Global warming trends show a 0.46°C rise in average annual temperatures since 2015, accompanied by rapid ice loss and significant economic costs from disasters.

Global emissions trajectories are uneven: some countries reduced CO2, while others, notably China and India, rose emissions; methane and CO2 concentrations have continued to climb since 2015.