Climate change is still a huge driver: COP30 in 2025.
Climate change remains a massive driver of global disruption with current policies leading to dangerous 2.8°C warming, making COP30 in 2025 a critical make-or-break moment where nations must dramatically escalate ambition and transform their inadequate commitments into credible system-wide action across all sectors to avoid catastrophic impacts. Abstract Climate change continues to be a massive driver of global disruption, and current evidence demonstrates that COP30 in 2025 represents a critical inflection point for international climate action. Despite decades of negotiations, existing policies point to a 2.8°C temperature increase by 2100, far exceeding Paris Agreement targets, while unconditional Nationally Determined Contributions suggest 2.6°C of warming. To limit warming to 1.5°C, global greenhouse gas emissions must be cut by 45% by 2030, yet new NDCs since COP26 have barely impacted projected outcomes. The human and economic costs are already substantial, with climate ch...