"All nations of the world had homework this year: submit new-and-improved plans to fight climate change. But the plans they handed in “have barely moved the needle” on reducing Earth’s future warming, a new United Nations report finds.
And a good chunk of that progress is counteracted by the United States’ withdrawal from the effort, the report adds.
The newest climate-fighting plans — mandated every five years by the 2015 Paris Agreement — shaves about three-tenths of a degree Celsius (nearly six-tenths of a degree Fahrenheit) off a warming future compared with the projections a year ago.
Meanwhile, the Trump administration’s policies, which range from rolling back environmental regulations to hindering green energy projects, will add back a tenth of a degree of warming, the U.N. Environment Program’s Emissions Gap report said Tuesday."
Seth Borenstein and Melina Walling report for the Associated Press November 4, 2025.
SEE ALSO:
"On Eve Of UN Climate Talks In Brazil, A Call For Less Talking And More Doing" (AP)
"U.N. Sees Slight Progress on Climate Action, Partly Offset by the U.S." (New York Times)
"Save The Amazon Or Drill For Oil? Brazil Says It Can Do Both." (New York Times)
"How The US Could Shape The COP30 Climate Summit Without Even Being There" (CNN)
"EU Agrees Weakened Climate Target in Final-Hour Deal for COP30" (Reuters)
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