World leaders meet each year to discuss their climate commitments, at international summits called COPs (Conference of the Parties).
All COPs since 2015 have tracked how countries are consolidating their promises in Paris.
When the agreement was signed, governments admitted that the Paris targets would not limit global warming to 1.5°C.
Current climate plans still put the world on track for warming of around 2.6°C to 2.8°C by 2100, according to the UN. But that figure could drop to 1.9°C if all net zero commitments were met, meaning countries would have to put more policies in place to meet their targets.
HAS COP28 in December 2023, countries agreed for the first time to “contribute” to “the shift away from fossil fuels,” but were not forced to act.
But there has been no significant progress COP29 in November 2024.
Many countries, including Canada, New Zealand and some island states, said the deal reached at the summit was too weak and watered down commitments from previous years.