We can do this.

Climate change is a topic surrounded by doom, fear, and hopelessness – it can feel like it's an insurmountable problem and that things are just getting worse.

But we are solving it. Where we are today is a lot different than even 10 years ago. For example, did you know carbon emissions in high-income countries actually peaked back in 2007 and have been falling since? Or that about 94% of new power generation added in 2025 came from carbon-free sources?

Share of new electricity generation added in 2025A donut chart showing what share of 2025 positive year-over-year global electricity generation additions came from each source.Worldwide new power generation - 2025 Solar Wind Other carbon-free Natural gas Coal 2025 new power generation addedA donut chart showing what share of 2025 positive year-over-year global electricity generation additions came from each source.2025 new power generation added Solar Wind Other carbon-free Natural gas Coal
In 2025, most of the world's new electricity generation added came from solar, with wind also making up a substantial share (generated from Ember yearly world electricity data)

We are moving in the right direction.

We've made massive progress toward scaling up cleaner technologies. It's now a matter of pushing further and faster. For example, costs for solar and battery storage have drastically fallen, to the point where they are cheaper than fossil fuel alternatives in many cases.

Renewable energy cost trends
In the past 10 years, the costs of renewable energy decreased dramatically, faster than all expectations (source - iea.org)
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No matter what happens, what we do matters.

Climate change is often discussed in terms of needing to meet specific temperature cutoffs, and sentiments like "we are doomed anyway, so what's the point?", but this is not a pass/fail test. The more we do now, the better the future will be, regardless of where we end up.

It's already working – the projections for warming by 2100 have been steadily decreasing over time as more work is done, from a catastrophic 3.9°C to a survivable 2.6°C. This is still not good enough, but we can keep pushing it down.

Climate Action Tracker estimates of warming under current policies from 2013 to 2025A line chart showing Climate Action Tracker milestone estimates for end-of-century warming under current policies from 2013 to 2025, falling overall from around four degrees toward 2.6 degrees Celsius.Future warming projections are decreasing every year 1.5°C 2°C 2.5°C 3°C 3.5°C 4°C 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
Climate Action Tracker estimates warming each year based on current policies, and these projections have fallen from almost 4°C in 2014 to 2.6°C. (source - climateactiontracker.org)

You can be a net positive.

On a personal level, it can often feel like no matter what you do, you are still part of the problem. It's impossible not to have a negative impact in modern society. While it's true you'll always have a footprint, this doesnt consider your impact on others. Everything you do has external impacts, be it putting market pressure on better technology, influencing those around you, or normalizing more climate friendly habits.

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