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The erosion of leadership at the global stage - likely to be an influencing factor at COP30 - means those countries themselves “must also now fill the gap for courage, leadership and ingenuity in order to have even a fighting chance of securing meaningful outcomes at COP30”, said Rueanna Haynes, head of diplomacy at Climate Analytics.

“It will not be an easy road,” she said.

The UN Environment Program’s Emissions Gap report says global temperatures now predicted to reach 2.3-2.5°C, down from 2.6-2.8°C last year. While this is progress, we must go faster. Our CEO Bill Hare told AP that the numbers indicate “a lack of political will”.

Climate and energy policy analyst Thomas Houlie said Indonesia is lagging despite its vast renewable potential. “Its latest power grid plan delayed a lot of the renewable deployment until after 2030 and includes near-term increases in fossil-fuel generation,” said Mr Houlie.

Gabon officially validated its NDC3.0 on October 22. Through this NDC, the country has committed to not only reducing greenhouse gas emissions across the energy, transport, agriculture, and industry sectors, but also enhancing its net carbon sink capacity.

Labelling heavy industry like steel as “hard-to-abate” has shaped policy and business action in ways that risk undermining global efforts to cut emissions, writes Bill Hare.

“Keeping warming to 1.5°C now hinges on one thing: speed,” says Bill Hare, in response to the State of Climate Action 2025 report.

New WMO data is "alarming and worrying" our CEO Bill Hare told AP News.“This is a very clear warning sign the world is heading into an extremely dangerous state–and this is driven by the continued expansion of fossil fuel development, globally.”

Manjeet Dhakal said that recent floods and landslides across South Asia are not isolated events; they are clear signals of a rapidly escalating climate emergency.

Fahad Saeed explained to Mongabay why Pakistan is victim to compounding climate extremes. “Pakistan’s vulnerability is due to its geography. In 1,600 kilometers of latitudinal distance, Pakistan has the [world’s] second-highest peak in the north, to low-elevation land in the south. Any change in global climate impacts Pakistan the most.”

Angola has scaled back its targets for reducing emissions in its new national climate plan. While the biggest emitters need to do more, “it’s also important that smaller emitters put forward the highest possible ambition,” Bill Hare said, adding that development aid cuts are affecting countries in need of climate finance.