Global CO2 emissions are projected to reach a record high of 38.1 billion tonnes in 2025, according to the Global Carbon Budget 2025 report. This increase is attributed to global energy demand growing faster than renewable energy expansion, making the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius increasingly unattainable.

• Fossil CO2 emissions are estimated to hit 38.1 billion tonnes in 2025.
• The report was produced by the international scientific consortium Global Carbon Project.
• Professor Pierre Friedlingstein of the University of Exeter, who led the study, stated that the remaining carbon budget for 1.5 degrees Celsius will be exhausted before 2030 at current emission rates, with natural carbon sinks weakening due to climate change.