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Fossil Fuel Emissions Hit Record High as Climate Pledges Fail to Avert Disaster

13 Nov

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Summary

World on track for 2.6°C warming, breaching Paris Agreement limits
Fossil fuel emissions to rise 1% in 2025, despite renewable energy growth
Tropical forests shifting from carbon sinks to sources due to global heating

Fossil Fuel Emissions Hit Record High as Climate Pledges Fail to Avert Disaster

As of November 13, 2025, the world is still on track for a catastrophic 2.6°C increase in temperature by the end of the century, as countries have failed to make sufficiently strong climate pledges. A new report has found that fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high, set to rise by about 1% in 2025.

While the rollout of renewable energy is now close to supplying the annual rise in global energy demand, it has yet to surpass it. The past decade has seen emissions from coal, oil, and gas rise by 0.8% per year, compared to 2.0% in the previous decade. However, this rate of increase has more than halved in recent years.