The demand for electricity is rising rapidly. Onshoring of manufacturing, EVs (both private and commercial) and, most importantly, data centers, serving the demand for AI, are all staking their claim to more electricity.

Reaching global decarbonization targets by 2050 will require a significant expansion of nuclear power.

There are the obvious security repercussions that come with ignoring the biggest climate security threat to humanity, including the famine-causing heat waves and droughts, the loss of coastal cities from sea-level rise, and more extreme storms, floods and fires that displace millions of people and result in billions of dollars of infrastructure damage.

Net withdrawals from the funds reached nearly $24 billion for the first nine months of 2024, compared with net deposits of $40 billion during the first nine months of 2023.

Climate remains one of a few topics where it is still able to find common ground with the western countries, which imposed sanctions on its economy. Russia has among the biggest delegation at COP this year, with 900 people registered.

Climate Week 2025 following the success of first, second and third edition, held in 2022, 2023 and 2024 in Frankfurt, Rome, Barcelona respectively.

The EC also said that "continued" and "further action" is needed for the EU to meet its ambitious target of reducing emissions by 55% in 2030 from 1990 levels.

Solar and wind generation facilities are approximately the same capital cost per unit of rated capacity as fossil fueled generation facilities. However, the renewable generators have a capacity factor approximately one third the capacity factor of the fossil generation facilities.

Climate change has led to more severe natural disasters with profound socioeconomic and infrastructural effects. From 1960 to 2019, there was a 13-fold increase in natural catastrophes worldwide.

Energy poverty remains a critical issue in sub-Saharan Africa, where approximately 600 million people lack reliable electricity.