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The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has issued a fundamental set of findings that reinforces the centrality of the Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement, and the duty on all states to meet their corresponding goals and obligations.

The new UN report backed by IEA, the IMF, IRENA, the OECD and the World Bank has one clear message – there’s no stopping renewables now, despite the concerted efforts of fossil fuel lobbyists thinking they can hold back the tide.

Today, the European Commission unveiled its 2040 climate target — which was meant to align EU policy with the 1.5°C warming limit. Instead, it arrives weakened by loopholes that risk setting back years of progress.

Does signing COP pledges makes a difference at the national level? We look at eight Asian countries.

"To me, neither of these papers suggests we have reached 1.5°C," Bill Hare comments on two papers published today in Nature Climate Change calculating how close we are to the longer-term Paris Agreement limit.

Only six of the countries the Climate Action Tracker analyses have submitted their new 2035 climate targets in time for the Paris Agreement's 10 February 2025 deadline, and only one — the UK — is proposing actions at home that are 1.5°C-aligned.