The 2025 State of the Climate Report: The world on the brink
The world is hurtling toward climate chaos, according to a major new report published Oct. 29 by 13 prominent climate scientists in Bioscience, a forum of the American Institute of Biological Sciences. The consequences of human-driven alterations of the climate are no longer future threats but are here now, and the window for mitigating the worst outcomes is rapidly closing, they warn.
The unfolding emergency stems from failed foresight, political inaction, unstable economic systems and misinformation, the scientists say. Almost every part of the world is reeling from intensifying heat, storms, floods, droughts or fires.
The World Meteorological Organization reported that 2024 was the hottest year on record. The new report states that last year was likely hotter than the peak of the last interglacial period (period between ice ages), about 125,000 years ago.
Rising greenhouse gases remain the drivng force behind this escalation while global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions have been marked by “extreme inefficiency,” the report says.
This latest milestone of glocal warming marks the beginning of a “grim new chapter for life on Earth,” they conclude. Read the report HERE. Map courtesy of NASA Scientific Visualization Studio.
