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Climate change: 10 years of the Paris Agreement and the alarming results!
The article highlights the challenges of climate change ten years after the Paris Agreement: rising emissions, consequences and possible solutions.
Climate change: 10 years of the Paris Agreement and the alarming results!
On November 11, 2025, we look back on a crucial decade since the entry into force of the Paris Agreement. In 2015, almost 200 nations agreed to this binding treaty at the UN climate conference COP21 to limit global warming to below 2 degrees Celsius, ideally below 1.5 degrees Celsius. But the reality is sobering.
Scientists are strongly warning that we are on track to exceed the 1.5 degree limit, which could have “devastating consequences”. Over the past decade, we have experienced the warmest decade on record, with 2024 considered the hottest year. Despite the rise of renewable energy, which now accounts for 40 percent of the world's electricity, global temperatures continue to rise as countries cling to fossil fuels, leading to alarming increases in carbon emissions.
Climate crisis and its effects
The statistics are brutal. Approximately $304 billion in economic losses were caused by extreme heat worldwide last year. In addition, one person dies every minute due to rising temperatures. Air pollution, caused primarily by fossil fuels, claims an estimated 2.5 million lives per year. In 2023, greenhouse gas emissions reached a record 65 percent above 1990 levels, boosted by a sharp increase, particularly in coal, oil and gas, with 53.2 gigatons of CO2 equivalents.
A closer look shows that two-thirds of these emissions come from just eight economies: China, USA, EU, India, Russia, Indonesia, Brazil and Japan. However, what is encouraging is the fact that only the EU and Japan have reduced their annual emissions compared to 2023.
Renewable energies on the rise
One bright spot is the progress in the area of renewable energies. Solar and wind energy will overtake coal in electricity generation for the first time in 2025. China has impressively increased its solar capacity, reaching more than one terawatt in June 2025 - ten times more than in 2017. The share of electric vehicles in car sales has also increased, from about 1 percent to almost 25 percent over the last decade.
Nevertheless, increasing public funding for fossil fuels, which has now risen to $1.6 trillion per year, is not contributing to the positive turnaround. Experts warn that current climate protection measures are not enough to achieve the ambitious goals of the Paris Agreement. Forecasts indicate possible global warming of 2.1 to 3.9 degrees Celsius by 2100. This could lead to an average of 57 additional deadly heat days per year.
Ahead of the upcoming COP30 in Brazil, experts and activists are calling for climate targets and emissions reductions to be accelerated. The situation is urgent and requires decisive action to transform the global economy to be climate-friendly and meet the requirements of the Paris Agreement.