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This article documents notable events, research findings, scientific and technological advances, and human actions to measure, predict,mitigate, andadapt to theeffects ofglobal warming and climate change—during the year2025.
We are on the cusp of a new era. Fossil fuels are running out of road. The sun is rising on a clean energy age.
To squabble while famines take hold, forcing millions to flee their homelands – this will never be forgotten as conflicts spread. ... When climate disasters decimate the lives of millions, when we already have the solutions, this will never, ever be forgiven


Experts believe thatsolar,wind, andEVs have irreversibly crossed a positivetipping point and entered a virtuous cycle of cost decline and widespread adoption.
(Climate change is) an existential problem of planetary proportions that imperils all forms of life and the very health of our planet. ... A complete solution to this daunting, and self-inflicted, problem requires the contribution of all fields of human knowledge, whether law, science, economics or any other.

In summary, the committee concludes that the evidence for current and future harm to human health and welfare created by human-causedGHGs is beyond scientific dispute. Much of the understanding of climate change that was uncertain or tentative in 2009 is now resolved and new threats have been identified. ... The United States faces a future in which climate-induced harm continues to worsen and today's extremes become tomorrow's norms.
[Climate change] is the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world, in my opinion. ... All of thesepredictions...were made by stupid people that of course their country's fortunes and given those same countries, no chance for success. If you don't get away from thisgreen scam, your country is going to fail.

Science tells us it is still possible to keep temperature rise below 1.5 degrees Celsius by the end of the century. Yet, a temporary overshoot above 1.5 degrees, starting, at the latest, in the early 2030s, is now inevitable.
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Solar and wind outpaced demand growth in the first half of 2025. ... This led to renewables overtaking coal's share in the global mix and prevented further increases in CO2 emissions from the power sector.
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