Public sentiment is overwhelmingly negative, characterized by deep skepticism, frustration, and disillusionment towards global climate initiatives and the role of influential figures like Bill Gates. Many comments highlight perceived hypocrisy among leaders, criticizing their lack of meaningful action against climate change despite articulating concern. There is a widespread sentiment that urgent action is needed, coupled with despair over the future due to insufficient measures to address emissions and reliance on fossil fuels.

United Nations

Bill Gates

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Corporate Executives

The scientific deadline was peak emissions by 2025 and a near-halving of CO₂ by 2030.
Look at the calendar. We are currently setting emission records! We didn't even peak, let alone cut anything in half.
This "overshoot" headline isn't news, it's the proof that world governments chose profit over a livable planet. 

We are completely fucked. Life for millions of people that's already bad is about to become terrible with droughts, floods, and superstorms.


And the most frustrating thing is that this is still portrayed as some distance problem for the future. We are living in the worse case scenario of predictionsffrom 2000. This is terrifying. 

Plane-Breakfast-8817

Everyone so afraid of nuclear weapons and A.I.   
  
Like we needed anything so fancy to kill us. We're letting this happen and we've known better for over *a century*.

Adavanter_MKI

Yeah no shit. Even my climate activist friends gave up. The time to act was fucking years ago and now we are literally increasing the output of pollution. Its hard not to be annoyed at how fucking stupid and shortsighted this species is.

piffelations

Buddy at this rate, we'll smash right through 6 degrees at the current rate of almost nothing being done about it

CaptainColdSteele

It's worse when so many reject nuclear power. I genuinely think the only real solution to climate change is nuclear energy.

creeper321448

People don't understand that above 1.5 means heatwaves that cause death if you cannot get somewhere cooler or have AC that can still function in weather it isn't really designed for. A lot of electronics start failing in high heat.

Lost_Tumbleweed_5669

"World will overshoot 1.5 degree climate goal, UN says"

"will"? That is just stupid. We already passed 1.5C and blew through 2C briefly. And don't me that silly spin of  waiting decades before doing the calculation.

NyriasNeo

clamorous_owle

I will be really old (or dead) before the collapse. So at this point, whatever. Nothing short of a technological miracle can save us at this point, and not enough people understand the gravity of it all.

I'm really sorry for the ones that have kids. Word of advice, teach them survival skills.

ErgoMachina

restore_democracy

At this point “goal” feels more like a nostalgia marker for what could’ve been. We’re way past warning signs and deep into consequences.

0LoveAnonymous0

No surprise.  Company leaders don't care because they believe they will be out of the picture when the shit hit the fan.  In the meantime, rake in as much profit as possible to pad their golden parachute.

macross1984

They’re really counting on technology to come up with a way to suck those greenhouse gases out of the air eventually, apparently.

Beard341

Exceeding expectations I see, hell yeah !

Michigan_Ben

"It's okay, we can still fix this later. How much did we overshoot the 1.5 target anyways?"

"4. On top of the 1.5."

"...Well, mention only missing the 1.5 target."

ThereIsNoResponse

ZucchiniYall

imaginary_num6er

Yes, we're fucked. I know. We all know. At least the shareholders will make a couple more bucks while the billionaires make more billions.

Neat-Bridge3754

I thought we already did according to last month's reports?

SideburnSundays

They set a goal of 1.5 Degrees. But we made it easily. We could've made more, to be honest. And the fake news and fake science said nooooo don't meet the goal. But we blew right past it. Frankly they should award us, ok? Nobody appreciates the things that we do. You should see how horrible the fake scientists are. They don't want us to achieve our goals. And by the way, we're gunning for 3 degrees next year, ok? We're going to triple the target. Some people say it may even be four times. But nobody knows how numbers get bigger. Nobody.

FUThead2016

Graves27

We need another Covid unfortunately, seems like it was the only way the world started healing itself

RBLXFrodan

(1) Media gave up a long time ago. 
(2) We are indeed completely fucked but some of us knew this a long time ago as well.

Chytectonas

Well, we’re fucked. We gave it a try, but it didn’t work. It was lovely meeting you all.

cerebral_drift

Myralove2

Valuable_Explorer577

I have basically accepted there will be significant geoengineering via aerosols to control global temp sometime 2050-2100 and that hopefully it will all just workout chill. So don’t stress!!!

1PrestigeWorldwide11

Lol so many reddit experts here know more than the actual UN experts

GreenZeldaGuy

#Emissions Gap Report 2025

04 November 2025 Report

Authors: UNEP


UNEP’s Emissions Gap Report 2025: Off Target finds that available new climate pledges under the Paris Agreement have only slightly lowered global temperature rise over the course of this century, leaving the world heading for a serious escalation of climate risks and damages.

##What’s new in this year’s report? 

The sixteenth edition of the Emissions Gap Report finds that global warming projections over this century, based on full implementation of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), are now **2.3-2.5°C, while those based on current policies are 2.8°C. This compares to 2.6-2.8°C and 3.1°C in last year’s report.** 

However, methodological updates account for 0.1°C of the improvement, and the upcoming withdrawal of the US from the Paris Agreement will cancel another 0.1°C, meaning that the new NDCs themselves have barely moved the needle. Nations remain far from meeting the Paris Agreement goal to limit warming to well-below 2°C, while pursuing efforts to stay below 1.5°C.   

Reductions to annual emissions of 35 per cent and 55 per cent, compared with 2019 levels, are needed in 2035 to align with the Paris Agreement 2°C and 1.5°C pathways, respectively. Given the size of the cuts needed, the short time available to deliver them and a challenging political climate, a higher exceedance of 1.5°C will happen, very likely within the next decade.  

The report finds that this overshoot must be limited through faster and bigger reductions in greenhouse gas emissions to minimize climate risks and damages and keep returning to 1.5°C by 2100 within the realms of possibility – although doing so will be extremely challenging. Every fraction of a degree avoided means lower losses for people and ecosystems, lower costs, and less reliance on uncertain carbon dioxide removal techniques to return to 1.5°C by 2100. 

**Since the adoption of the Paris Agreement ten years ago, temperature predictions have fallen from 3-3.5°C.** The required low-carbon technologies to deliver big emission cuts are available. Wind and solar energy development is booming, lowering deployment costs. This means the international community can accelerate climate action, should they choose to do so. However, delivering faster cuts requires would require navigating a challenging geopolitical environment, delivering a massive increase in support to developing countries, and redesigning the international financial architecture.

Economy-Fee5830

People need constant reminder that kids born today will be 75 when 2100 comes around.  This makes it more relevant then some far off date

whyuhavtobemad

African and Chinese green belts adding 300m trees helps!

symplton

# Peaked: Analysts Find Global CO2 Emissions in 2025 YTD Are Lower Than 2024

**Climate TRACE data reveals historic turning point as renewable energy boom drives first sustained emissions decline since COVID**

For the first time since the pandemic, global greenhouse gas emissions are declining year-over-year, according to new data from Climate TRACE, the world's most comprehensive real-time emissions tracking system. The organization's latest analysis shows global emissions for 2025 year-to-date are running 0.20% lower than the same period in 2024, marking what may be the long-awaited peak in global carbon dioxide emissions.

The April 2025 data shows total year-to-date emissions of 20.70 billion tonnes CO2 equivalent—down from 20.74 billion tonnes in the same period of 2024. This represents the first sustained decline in the post-COVID era, following initial decreases that began in January 2025.

[Graph](https://static.c10e.org/media/original/685c086313818.jpg)

## Every Major Emitter Shows Decline

Perhaps most remarkably, the world's largest emitting economies are all contributing to the global decline:

- **China**, the world's largest emitter, continues to see emissions fall despite massive economic growth
- **United States** emissions have declined consistently through the first four months
- **India** shows decreasing emissions even as its economy expands rapidly
- **European Union** emissions continue their downward trajectory

The synchronized decline across all major economies suggests a structural shift driven by the global energy transition rather than economic weakness.

## Clean Energy Transition Driving the Decline

The data reveals clear evidence of renewable energy displacing fossil fuels across key sectors:

- **Power sector** emissions fell 2.71% year-over-year in April as solar and wind generation surge globally
- **Transportation** emissions reflect growing electric vehicle adoption
- **Fossil fuel operations** show declining demand

Climate TRACE's real-time monitoring system, which tracks emissions from over 660 million individual sources worldwide, provides unprecedented visibility into the global energy transition as it unfolds.

## The Long-Awaited Inflection Point

Climate scientists have long predicted that global emissions would peak sometime in the mid-2020s before beginning a sustained decline. The 2025 year-to-date data suggests that inflection point has arrived.

The decline comes despite continued economic growth in major economies, indicating that the world has finally achieved the long-sought "decoupling" of economic activity from carbon emissions at a global scale.

## Renewable Energy Boom Accelerates

The emissions decline coincides with an unprecedented global renewable energy deployment surge. China alone added over 100 gigawatts of solar capacity in the first four months of 2025—more than the total cumulative solar capacity of most countries. Meanwhile, India has seen coal power generation drop sharply even as its economy continues rapid expansion.

Solar and wind power costs have plummeted to the point where over 90% of new renewable projects are now cheaper than fossil fuel alternatives, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency.

## A Historic Milestone

If sustained through the remainder of 2025, this would mark the first year since the industrial revolution that global emissions declined during a period of widespread economic growth—rather than recession or pandemic disruption.

Climate TRACE continues releasing monthly emissions data with just a 60-day lag, providing the scientific community and policymakers with unprecedented real-time insight into the world's progress toward net-zero emissions.

The data represents a potential watershed moment in the fight against climate change—the point at which decades of clean energy investment and policy efforts finally overcame the inexorable rise in global emissions that has defined the modern era.

Coal use was predicted to peak last year, and then plateau until 2027 before declining. So, that lines up with the analyst.

mrpointyhorns

DrawerThat9514

This is from 2021. The new administration in the US is completely hostile to renewables, and AI companies are now proposing multi-gigawatt data centers. The grid capacity isn't going to come entirely from renewables, at least not in the US. 2030 ain't gonna be the peak.

Safe_Presentation962

I think that press release dates to 2021 - it talks about COP 26, when COP 30 is coming up.

I think they will still be right however.  There are some analysts who see us peaking global emissions last year, eg. carbontrace.

"target" is the wrong wording in that case.

Gr4u82

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Someone brought up a good point on this sub: insurance companies know the truth about global warming 

stanleyorange

Without looking im just guessing that the current head of the department of energy is probably an ex oil executive.

Metalgrowler

Department of Energy is run by Flava Flav now, isn’t it?

Sinsid

Imagine thinking 1,000,000,000 cars driving around every day isn't bad for the environment lmao

&gt; US Department of Justice report concluded that popular Epstein files are unreliable and the pedophile activity is less damaging than commonly believed. ‘Grossly exaggerated’

This is what happens when you install loyalist grifters at the head of every agency.

prodbop

Even if we're not changing the climate through our use of oil, we're definitely polluting the planet, our air, food and our water supply. They're filled with micro plastics and toxic chemicals.

trumpgotpeedon

Stop cutting down 100000 year old jungles and forests for money. The planet has lost a third of its lungs from deforestation, no wonder shit is happening. 10 million hectares a year still to this day disappearing.

mrmikehunt51

So now the government is a reliable source? Damn, the state of this sub...

Jhadrak

MAGA: "They're manipulating the weather and climate with chem-trails and cloud seeding!"

Also MAGA: "Man-made climate change is a hoax!"

AdHuman3150

Cog_Doc

Do you live in a bubble? Because I live in the woods and work outside every day and the climate is wayyyyyy different than it was just a few decades back. Millions of ticks, flowers blooming in January, rains all winter instead of snow, huge tornadoes and floods. Spend some time doing manual labor and out in nature for a few years and see how goddamn hot it is.

Background-Gas-5509

Can you provide sources instead of a YouTube video? Ideally independent from government organizations?

Turbulent-Weevil-910

I’m sure the Department of Energy being headed by an oil executive had no effect on this report. 

This is about as reliable as when tobacco companies hired doctors to say that smoking cigarettes was healthy.

KaptainKorn

&gt; Sky News Australia

Even worse than Fox News, if you believe such a thing is possible.

cojoco

Because they are prepared to capitalize on the catastrophe they will intentionally create.

Emergency_Accident36

Remember, if you don't have information on a problem, it doesn't exist.

SomeSamples

DOE is just a cover for the nuclear weapons program lol.

Maximum-Good-539

And if there is anyone you should trust. Its the US government. LMAO.

Informal_Bunch_2737

Indeed, nobody believes Epstein's best friend anymore, or any of his minions.

PatTheCatMcDonald

Because the Dept of Energy has been compromised by climate change deniers. Are you simple?

Protocosmo

[Exxon’s analysis](https://insideclimatenews.org/news/22092015/exxon-confirmed-global-warming-consensus-in-1982-with-in-house-climate-models/) of human induced CO2’s effects on climate from 40 years ago. They’ve always known anthropogenic climate change was a huge problem and their predictions hold up even today

In the early 80’s Shell’s owning scientists [reported that climate damage from CO₂ could be so bad](https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/shell-grappled-with-climate-change-20-years-ago-documents-show/), that it may be impossible to stop runaway climate collapse

SurroundParticular30

Just reverse-terraforming the colder climates to make them hospitable for species who thrive in equatorial or desert regions

aka more potential voters

Afraid_Ad_7207

OP are you claiming that climate change isn't happening?


You're saying that polluting the fuck out of the planet and nauseum is fine?


Fuck you and your most likely Christian doomsday bullshit where you want to see the world burn so your savior can come and save all the 'good people ' like you.

korneliuslongshanks

[Self Parodying Climate Change Blame List](https://wattsupwiththat.com/2011/04/03/the-big-self-parodying-climate-change-blame-list/)

[Inarguably Ridiculous Things Caused By Climate Change](https://corbettreport.com/list-of-things-caused-by-climate-change/)

No-Aardvark1751

Don’t listen to individuals listen to peer reviewed published research. [Climate models have performed fantastically](https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2019GL085378). Decade old models have been supported by recent data.  Every year

damn conspiracy theorists are now trusting government reports?

Pokedudesfm

I never understood why conspiracy nuts want global warming to be fake so bad, like can someone actually explain to me how it being real would mean we are being controlled or something?


Especially when the inverse, that it's real and there is a concerted effort by mega oil conglomerates and government bodies, like the study op linked, to cover it up. This seems way more like population control to me. "Don't look at the facts, keep working in my mine". "No no no I promise it's safe let us put an oil rig here." "It's just a little warm, that's what summer is! Anyways I'm going to take my Bentley to tour my new bunker."


Why the hell do the nutters always ignore that obviously suspicious activity?

Realistic_Bike5972

Doubt we will ever change the planet extremely unless we launch every weapon we have all at once into it and even then I doubt much will change.


But I do know that the pollution we are creating is what will get us first if we continue.

No-Section-4385

Oskiee

Even Theo Von knows there's something up with the heat. The sun is fucking LOOKIN' for people.

clover_heron

not being funny but the US government saying something like that right now doesn't fill me with any confidence whatsoever because its all just yes men surrounding him, telling him what he wants to hear. 

like if he is firing he federal labour statistics chief for delivering "weaker than expected" data results after hes given himself the biggest tax cut ever, why would he behave any differently to the environment people. 

i guarantee you this is what the scientists are now doing. "look its not so bad global warming, pay me to do the research and ill obfuscate the data" 

and the people who would say "stand behind your belief, and take the firing" that's not how 80% of society works, if your earning well and require it to continue to raise your kids, protect your future, whatever, its worth it personally to continue what you were doing and toe the party line. definitely doesn't make it the right thing to do, but its totally understandable.

J1mj0hns0n

Michael Crichton explained it best in an interview with Charlie Rose after writing *State of Fear*. 

If you tell people at a dinner party that the planet is in crisis, you have their immediate attention. 

He then asks Charlie, “you know what happens if you tell people at the dinner party that everything is fine?”

Charlie says they tune you out, but Crichton says no, they “get angry.” People want a crisis, it is part of their ideology.

DavidM47

You can't raise money off of a problem that doesn't exist or you solve

Bourbon65

I will point out back in the 70s and mid 80s till later 80s it was all about the coming ice age it was so worrying they reached out to hollywood actors to do tv specials about it on channel specials one was Leonard nimoy 

  
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQSBn50o\_8M](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQSBn50o_8M)

RUIN_NATION_

# Submission Statements:

US Department of Energy report concluded that popular climate models are unreliable and the global warming is less damaging than commonly believed. 

‘Grossly exaggerated’: Media gives ‘little attention’ to new bombshell climate report. I wonder why?

Sky News host Andrew Bolt says the media is giving “little attention” to a new report on global warming out of the United States.   
  
The report released by the US Department of Energy concluded that popular climate models are unreliable and the global warming is less damaging than commonly believed.   
  
“I've seen how the media ignores proof that the warming scare is grossly exaggerated,” Mr Bolt said.   
  
“You can understand why the authors have since been trashed for daring to doubt the scare and upsetting the climate industry.”

Two things about climate change we learned in sixth grade. We live in a carbon-based life cycle. No carbon, no life!!! Number two. I don't believe all the climate nuts because they all own beachfront properties with million dollar mansions on them. They're not too worried about rising oceans are they?

Honest_Net_3342

Climate change formally known as global warming was original "trust the science."

Novusor

Because we already have the technology needed to fix it. It’s just locked up in black projects.

bokaloka

The UN Environment Programme's Emissions Gap Report highlights that global greenhouse gas emissions reached a record high, warning of impending climate risks.

Global Climate Change and Emissions Report 2025

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