Global Climate Efforts Stalled for Five Years, Report Finds

A new report says global climate action has stalled for five years, with positive and negative efforts canceling out, leaving the world on track to overshoot the 1.5°C warming limit. The Climate Action Tracker report, released at a U.N. meeting in Turkey, found that progress made after the 2015 Paris Agreement has not continued. It projects 2.6°C warming by century's end even if all promises are kept, prompting calls for stronger national targets. Island nation leaders, including the Marshall Islands' president, urged urgent action, saying new fossil fuel projects threaten their survival. Barbados' prime minister also stressed that wealthy nations must deliver promised financial aid, noting pledges are not payments.