Every year, world leaders meet at an international summit known as the Conference of the Parties (COP) to discuss tackling climate change.
Every COP since 2015 has tracked how countries are building on their Paris commitments.
When the agreement was signed, governments acknowledged that the Paris target would not limit global warming to 1.5 degrees.
Under current climate plans, the world is still on track to warm by about 2.6 to 2.8 degrees Celsius by 2100, according to the United Nations. However, if all net-zero commitments are met, temperatures could fall by as much as 1.9 degrees Celsius, meaning countries will need to introduce further policies to reach their targets.
At COP28 in December 2023, although countries were not forced to take action, they agreed for the first time to “contribute” to the “transition away from fossil fuels.”
However, no significant progress was made at COP29 in November 2024.
Many countries, including Canada, New Zealand and some island nations, said the agreement reached at the summit was too weak and watered down commitments from the previous year.
