2025: Global Heat Surges as Climate Action Falters

In 2025, global temperatures soared, marking it as one of the warmest years on record, while India faced unprecedented heatwaves and extreme weather events. Despite some progress, international climate action, particularly on fossil fuels, remained insufficient to meet critical targets, leading to a critical gap between escalating climate impacts and the pace of global response.

• 2025 ranked among the top three warmest years globally, continuing a severe warming trend.
• India experienced widespread, intense, and early heatwaves, with extreme weather on most days.
• COP30 secured forest protection and finance goals but fell short on fossil fuel phase-out.
• Global climate action is off-track, with none of 45 key indicators meeting 2030 targets.
• Climate change exacerbated health crises in India, including heat-related illnesses and vector-borne diseases.
• India updated climate targets but continues new coal capacity, highlighting implementation challenges.

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