COP30 Belém Brazil: A New Climate Reality Emerges at the UN Summit
As world leaders continue to gather at COP30 in Belém, Brazil (November 10–21) to shape the next decade of climate policy, the latest scientific data provides a clear and urgent backdrop: greenhouse-gas concentrations have reached record highs, global temperatures continue to climb, and the world remains far off the path required to limit warming to 1.5 °C.
Visual 09: Megacities in 2050
In 2050, another 2.5 billion people will be added to the planet’s urban areas, with the majority of growth taking place in Asian and African countries. Using data from the UN and the Global Cities Institute, the visualization above highlights the world’s top megacities.