Current levels of heating have led to instability in climate patterns and increases in extreme weather events. An attempt by almost 90 countries at Cop30 to reach agreement on a firmer, deadline-driven strategy to end the use of fossil fuels faltered. Little progress was made at Cop30 on how to build on this except for an agreement to keep talking about it. With the actions taken since, under the Paris Agreement, the renewed prediction given at Cop30 was 2.6 degrees. Richer countries agreed at Cop30 to triple adaptation funding for poorer countries by 2035.

Source: The Irish Times November 23, 2025 16:52 UTC