{"id":124297,"date":"2025-11-07T08:03:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T08:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/11\/07\/world-leaders-voice-frustration-as-1-5c-target-deemed-virtually-impossible\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T08:03:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T08:03:09","slug":"world-leaders-voice-frustration-as-1-5c-target-deemed-virtually-impossible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/world-leaders-voice-frustration-as-1-5c-target-deemed-virtually-impossible\/","title":{"rendered":"World leaders voice frustration as 1.5\u00b0C target deemed \u201cvirtually impossible\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Nov 7 \u2013 Global leaders at a climate summit expressed deep frustration over the trajectory of global warming, as the UN warned it is now \u201cvirtually impossible\u201d to keep temperature rise within 1.5\u00b0C above pre-industrial levels. Scientists also expect 2025 to rank among the hottest years on record.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the \u201cconsensus is gone\u201d on tackling climate change but insisted the UK remains \u201call in.\u201d Prince William urged \u201curgent optimism\u201d and unity among nations.<\/p>\n<p>China, the world\u2019s largest emitter, called on countries to \u201cstrengthen international collaboration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Several leaders criticised US President Donald Trump in absentia, accusing him of spreading falsehoods and working against collective climate efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Attention now shifts to COP30 in Bel\u00e9m, Brazil, which begins Monday for two weeks. With Brazil as host, campaigners are pressing for a stronger focus on protecting tropical forests.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the talks, the UK said it will not commit public funds to Brazil\u2019s Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF)\u2014a proposed $125bn (\u00a395bn) mechanism to help governments and communities safeguard existing forests such as the Amazon and the Congo Basin. Former environment secretary Zac Goldsmith said on X that Prime Minister Starmer had \u201cpulled the plug\u201d on \u201cthe first realistic mechanism to save the world\u2019s forests.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The UK government said it continues to support the scheme in principle and has not ruled out future public investment, but will prioritise mobilising private finance for TFFF.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nov 7 \u2013 Global leaders at a climate summit expressed deep frustration over the trajectory of global warming, as the UN warned it is now \u201cvirtually impossible\u201d to keep temperature rise within 1.5\u00b0C above pre-industrial levels. Scientists also expect 2025 to rank among the hottest years on record. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124297\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}