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Methane is a highly potent but short-lived greenhouse gas, and its emissions are rising globally and across all sectors. Taking strong action this decade, especially in the energy sector, is necessary to deliver rapid climate benefits and keep the 1.5°C Paris Agreement goal within reach.

The 2025 State of Climate Action report is sobering: Not one of the 45 indicators assessed is on track to achieve its 2030 target. Unprecedented transformational changes across every sector are needed to keep the Paris Agreement goal within reach.

The role of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in providing science input into the Paris Agreement and its critical five yearly Global Stocktake is under challenge.

Mainstreaming gender in the new NDCs can help unlock the full potential of women and girls as powerful agents of change in the climate fight - here's how.

COP29 concluded with more than a few agenda items left unresolved. One was the 'just transition work programme'. What happened during these negotiations? And how can we ensure a better outcome at COP30?

Two new papers published in Nature Climate Change today ask whether the recent global temperatures at or exceeding 1.5° warming above preindustrial mean the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C limit has been reached or will soon be?