Climate goals and fossil fuel plans don't add up, experts say | International

PARIS, Sept 22, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Countries are still planning to increase production of fossil fuels to levels incompatible with global commitments on climate change, according to new research published on Monday. The report compiled by more than 50 international researchers compares fossil fuel expansion against the goals of the Paris climate accord, and found a chasm between promises and reality. Countries are "now collectively planning even more fossil fuel production than two years ago", concluded the latest "Production Gap" report. "There continues to be a disconnect between climate ambitions and what countries are actually planning to do with fossil fuel production," study co-author Derik Broekhoff, from the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), told reporters. Under the Paris accord, nations have...