"All is not lost, Simon Stiell, the UN's climate chief, told the Guardian last week. But the latest planetary health check from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research is a brutal reminder of how close the Earth is being pushed beyond repair. Seven of the nine planetary boundaries are now breached, with ocean acidification added to the danger list. Yet the world has proved that cooperation works: the ozone layer is healing, air pollution controls are working."
"In the first half of 2025 it reached a record $386bn, 10% higher than the same period last year. China alone installed more than 250GW of solar power capacity in this brief period more than twice as much as the rest of the world combined. It has hit its 2030 target for solar and wind six years ahead of schedule and is managing to lower emissions despite growing power demand."
Seven of nine planetary boundaries are now breached, with ocean acidification newly added to the danger list. Cooperation has delivered environmental successes: the ozone layer is healing and air pollution controls are working. Governments must submit new nationally determined contributions (NDCs), yet several big emitters and many fossil-fuel producers risk falling short or planning only marginal cuts instead of production phase-outs. The United States will make no new commitments after withdrawing from the Paris agreement. Global investment in renewables reached a record $386bn in the first half of 2025, led by massive Chinese solar deployment, and overall clean-energy investment is expected to reach roughly $2.2tn in 2025.
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