Ambition and honesty – What Climate Home readers want in 2025

Climate Home News readers want governments and corporations to do more to cut emissions, prepare for climate change and protect nature A campaigner holds up a sign referencing the goal to limit global warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels (Flickr/UNFCCC/Kiara Worth) As 2024 turns to 2025, we asked subscribers to our newsletter what the top climate issues of the upcoming year will be. With climate destruction growing, their responses clearly indicate they want to see more ambition in tackling climate change and more honesty on how climate action is going. Here’s our summary of responses from our always passionate, well-informed readers and our analysis of when, where and how we can judge whether the powers-that-be are stepping up to the challenge or falling short. 1. Governments must make bigger commitments to cut emissions – and stick to them Under the 2015 Paris climate agreement , all governments have to submit a climate plan – known as a nationally determined contribution (NDC) to the United Nations every five years. The third round of these plans is due next year, ten years on from Paris. Most will add a 2035 emissions reduction aim on to their existing 2030 target and their more long-term goals to reach net zero in 2050, 2060 or 2070. Several Climate Home readers said NDCs would be a top climate issue for 2025. One said they should be “challenging but realistic” and another said they “must align with actionable policies”. They will certainly have to be more ambitious than the last round five years ago if the world stands a chance of limiting global warming to 1.5C or even 2C above pre-industrial levels. The United Nations said in October that , even if implemented in full, existing NDCs put the world on course for a catastrophic 2.6C […]

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