Earthâs climate system is moving deeper into uncharted territory. We present the 2026 update of planetary vital signs that track the state of Earthâs climate system, alongside indicators of the human activities driving ongoing change. Of 16 climate-related indicators, seven are currently at record extremes. Several indicators also show evidence of accelerating trends or abrupt shifts, raising concerns about increasing climate instability, interacting feedbacks, and the growing risk of crossing critical tipping points. Human activities, particularly fossil fuel combustion, remain the dominant drivers of these changes. Despite the worsening trends, encouraging signs of societal changes are emerging, including the rapid expansion of renewable electricity and battery storage, although progress remains far below the scale and speed needed to stabilize Earthâs climate system. Rapid reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, effective adaptation, ecosystem protection, and transformative societal change remain essential to reducing climate risks and securing a more resilient and sustainable future.
XPRIZE Carbon Removal aimed to tackle the biggest threat facing humanity - climate change. It took place over the course of four years, launching on Earth Day 2021 and concluding during Earth Week 2025.
The grand prize winner and runner-up teams, representing solutions across four countries, each successfully removed more than 1,000 net tonnes of CO2 in the final year of the competition, meeting XPRIZEâs bold demonstration requirements, the first step towards scaling sustainably to remove billions of tonnes globally.
XPRIZE Carbon Removal aimed to tackle the biggest threat facing humanity - climate change. It took place over the course of four years, launching on Earth Day 2021 and concluding during Earth Week 2025.
The grand prize winner and runner-up teams, representing solutions across four countries, each successfully removed more than 1,000 net tonnes of CO2 in the final year of the competition, meeting XPRIZEâs bold demonstration requirements, the first step towards scaling sustainably to remove billions of tonnes globally.
have you looked at the data?
because if you have...
Thank you for posting this. It is a rational, data-driven look at how we should approach the climate change problem. Yes, humans are driving the current upswing in global annual average temperature. Yes, it can be solved if we admit that we are responsible and can adopt alternative energy policies. Yes, if we donât take action soon weâre fucked.
As someone who commuted to NYC every day for a dozen years (85 miles each way) before work-from-home was a thing, I'm a huge proponent of improving public transportation, and reducing the number of cars in metropolitan areas. I think everyone from DC to Boston should be able to hop on a train and go between those two in clean, comfortable, reliable, affordable trains. It should be so easy, that nobody ever wants to drive in or through NYC ever again.
This is a really interesting study after 4 months of congestion pricing in NYC. I put it here (global warming) because I wasn't sure where to share it... but this is a win/win done correctly. Fewer emissions will only be possible if people can move as they need, when they need, in relative comfort and ease.
Fewer cars. Faster travel. Less honking. And some questions we still canât answer.
This is exactly how tax incentives should work. Want less of something bad for our society? - make it expensive. Want more of something? - make it cheaper. It's obvious. What is strange is the rich people that will fight it in the name of hording their stash. But even they should be on board. trump should want congestion pricing 10X what it is. It wouldn't materially impact him at all, he would just pay it (or find a way to skirt it, probably paying more to skirt it than it would just to pay it), and he would have the roads all to himself and his billionaire pals.
As someone who commuted to NYC every day for a dozen years (85 miles each way) before work-from-home was a thing, I'm a huge proponent of improving public transportation, and reducing the number of cars in metropolitan areas. I think everyone from DC to Boston should be able to hop on a train and go between those two in clean, comfortable, reliable, affordable trains. It should be so easy, that nobody ever wants to drive in or through NYC ever again.
This is a really interesting study after 4 months of congestion pricing in NYC. I put it here (global warming) because I wasn't sure where to share it... but this is a win/win done correctly. Fewer emissions will only be possible if people can move as they need, when they need, in relative comfort and ease.
I'm in agreement here with you. I'm not a proponent of raping and pillaging the land.
I loved and respected nature since I was a little kid.
I am a proponent of a balanced approach to using it. And there's a way to use it without destroying it.
When it goes to far to the left... or to far to the right is when things go haywire. Just like politics.
I also think (for whatever that's worth), as your chart you posted here shows, that a lot of the issues have to do with cycles in the system itself. Nothing to do with us.
I have seen catastrophes in my life here on this earth. And after a few decades, it seems there's no more evidence left behind.
Again... not an excuse to dump on it or in it.
I remember an article in Outside magazine back in the early 80's. Some guy floated down the New River in the Mexico/ Imperial County area. One of the more polluted rivers in the U.S. He tested the water in increments of miles from the other side of the border to the Salton Sea. His findings... it was badly polluted at the start thanks to Mexico dumping pretty much what they felt like dumping into it. The closer he got to the Sea, the cleaner the water got. It was in decent shape by the time it got further away from the border. Natures little cleansers were doing their job.
I'm not in favor of dumping in a river, the air or the land. But this earth does a pretty good job of fixing itself. Despite us.
After all... we're still drinking the same water and breathing the same air that was here from the start.
I remember doing science projects in grade school with rocks, gravel and sand. Filtering dirty water through it and ending up with clean fresh water in the end.
The same basic principles applied in rivers and sewage treatment plants.
You and I probably come from a pretty similar mindset/background. My Dad was a deer culler in the 50s and loved the Great Outdoors and riding his Indian to get there, with his 303 slung over his shoulder and his dog riding on the petrol tank. He set up the local hiking club and was active in a shit ton of activities, SAR, radio ham, etc. etc. He wasn't a petrolhead but some of his mates were and he ended up working in an engineering shop for one his mates before he died far too young from colonic cancer, probably from eating too much venison while living in the wild.
