Ten years ago the world met in France to agree the landmark Paris Agreement—a global commitment signed by almost 300 nations to ward off catastrophic climate change. Among the goals set was the aspirational target of having global greenhouse gas emissions reach their peak levels by 2025, and then decline after that in an effort to limit warming to 1.5°C above preindustrial temperatures. With two months left before the end of the year, and one week until the start of this year’s U.N. climate summit, COP30, in Belém, governments will most likely fail to meet that goal.

“Let’s recognize our failure,” U.N. Secretary General António Guterres said in an interview with the Guardian and Amazon-based news organization Sumaúma . His warning comes after analyzing countries' climate plans, wh

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