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“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.

“The IEA has, consistently over the last couple of decades, way underestimated how fast renewables are growing,” said Robert Brecha, a senior climate and energy adviser at Climate Analytics, a global climate science and policy institute, who was not involved in either the Ember or IEA report. “I don’t see any reason to believe that renewables won’t double by 2030.”

The blueprint for clean air already exists — in London’s reforms and Beijing’s resolve. Pakistan, too, can reclaim its blue skies by modernising its industries, curbing transport emissions, and ending crop burning, writes Fahad Saeed.

Samoa is taking steps to build resilience in a new era where Pacific communities at the forefront of climate change impacts can define, address and seek support for climate-induced loss and damage, through the BOLD Project.

"Asia is at a crossroads: while these countries haven't yet gone down a high CCS route, many have tailored their CCS policies to protect their fossil fuel industry, especially in Japan, South Korea and Australia," said Bill Hare.

China’s new 2035 climate target is "unfortunately very disappointing: This target will not drive down emissions – it is below what China is likely to achieve already under its current climate policies,” our CEO Bill Hare told Al Jazeera.