"All nations of the world had homework this year: submit new-and-improved plans to fight climate change. But the plans they handed in “have barely moved the needle” on reducing Earth’s future warming, a new United Nations report finds.

And a good chunk of that progress is counteracted by the United States’ withdrawal from the effort, the report adds.

The newest climate-fighting plans — mandated every five years by the 2015 Paris Agreement — shaves about three-tenths of a degree Celsius (nearly six-tenths of a degree Fahrenheit) off a warming future compared with the projections a year ago.

Meanwhile, the Trump administration’s policies, which range from rolling back environmental regulations to hindering green energy projects, will add back a tenth of a degree of warming, the U.N. Environment Program’s Emissions Gap report said Tuesday."

Seth Borenstein and Melina Walling report for the Associated Press November 4, 2025. [2]

SEE ALSO:

"On Eve Of UN Climate Talks In Brazil, A Call For Less Talking And More Doing" (AP) [3]

"U.N. Sees Slight Progress on Climate Action, Partly Offset by the U.S." (New York Times) [4]

"Save The Amazon Or Drill For Oil? Brazil Says It Can Do Both." (New York Times) [5]

"How The US Could Shape The COP30 Climate Summit Without Even Being There" (CNN) [6]

"EU Agrees Weakened Climate Target in Final-Hour Deal for COP30" (Reuters) [7]