CO2 emissions from fossil fuels will break record in 2025

According to the report, emissions from oil, gas and coal are expected to increase this year, bringing the total to a record 38.1 billion tons of CO2.

To limit global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, the study states that no more than an additional 170 billion tons of CO2 must be released into the atmosphere.

“That’s equivalent to four years of emissions at the current rate before the 1.5°C budget is exhausted, so it’s basically impossible,” said research director Pierre Friedlingstein from the University of Exeter in the UK.

The failure to reduce emissions responsible for global warming casts a shadow over COP30, which takes place in the absence of the United States, the world’s second biggest polluter.

“We need ambitious goals, because every tenth of a degree is crucial”, recalled this Thursday in Belém Stephen Stich, from the University of Exeter.

Despite all the signs that 2025 will be one of the hottest years on record, countries’ climate plans are not up to par. “Collectively, the world is not delivering,” Glen Peters, from the CICERO climate research center in Norway, told AFP. “Everyone needs to do their part, and they need to do more.”