Overview
- Greenpeace activists and allied groups sprayed removable, natural‑pigment paint at Paris’s Place de l’Étoile and unfurled “10 years of climate sabotage” banners before dispersing as police arrived.
- Updated diagnostics place 2015–2025 global warming near 1.24°C above preindustrial levels, with roughly 1.22°C attributed to human activities, and UN leaders now acknowledge 1.5°C will not be met in the near term.
- The COP30 talks in Brazil concluded with limited new pledges and a final text that did not explicitly name fossil fuels, highlighting persistent diplomatic constraints.
- IPCC president Jim Skea said the climate has evolved faster than anticipated and asserted that scientific truth is non‑negotiable as the panel begins its seventh assessment cycle.
- Météo‑France reports France has warmed about 2.1°C since the start of the century, bringing more intense heat, higher wildfire risk and declining snow cover, while separate farmer protests in Ariège reflect rising domestic tensions.