A new report from the Indicators of Global Climate Change (IGCC) presented at the Bonn Conference warns that human-caused warming has reached 1.37°C in 2025. Global greenhouse gas emissions hit a record 56.8 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent in 2024, mainly from fossil fuels. The remaining carbon budget for 1.5°C is now just 130 billion tonnes of CO2, which could be exhausted in about three years at current emission rates. Scientists project the 1.5°C threshold will be crossed around 2030. The report highlights a rapid increase in Earth's Energy Imbalance, which has more than doubled in recent decades, indicating accelerating heat accumulation in oceans, land, and ice. Marine heatwave days have tripled since 1991, with 65 such days in 2025. Global sea levels reached a record 23 cm above 1901 levels. Researchers also warn that funding cuts and geopolitical instability threaten the scientific monitoring networks needed to track these changes.
