UN report says Paris Agreement warming limit will be exceeded

The United Nations Environment Programme released its latest emissions‑gap analysis, stating that the 1.5 °C ceiling of the Paris Agreement is now considered unattainable. It notes that global greenhouse‑gas emissions in 2025 were essentially unchanged from the record‑setting levels of the previous year, and that current national pledges would only achieve a modest reduction. The United States is identified as the only major industrialised economy where emissions did not fall in 2025, a factor that raises the projected temperature increase.

The report calls for dramatically steeper cuts to limit peak warming and shorten any overshoot period. UN Secretary‑General Antonio Guterres warned that the world is already seeing deadly floods, extreme heat and wildfires linked to climate change.