Overview
- Researchers report that none of the 45 indicators tracked are currently on pace to align with the Paris Agreement.
- Total coal consumption reached a record in 2024 even as its share of power fell, and getting on track would require retiring roughly 360 medium coal plants each year and canceling all planned projects.
- Solar led clean-power gains with 33 percent more capacity added in 2024 and is the fastest-growing power source in history, yet wind and solar deployment must roughly double this decade to meet targets.
- Electric vehicles account for about one in five new cars globally and nearly half of new sales in China, though growth slowed in the United States and European Union last year.
- Deforestation exceeded 8 million hectares in 2024 and the pace of forest protection must increase about ninefold, while private climate finance improved to “off track” and public finance remains “well off track.”