Fossil fuels are doomed – and Trump can’t save them
- Written by Wesley Morgan, Research Associate, Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW Sydney
The past three years have been the world’s hottest on record. In 2025, Earth was 1.44°C warmer than the long-term average, perilously close to breaching the Paris Agreement goal of 1.5°C.
This warming is fuelling Australia’s current record-breaking heatwave. Other consequences are visible globally, from Iran’s crippling...





