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Independent, non-commercial data projectUpdated September 2026Sources: NASA, NOAA, IPCC, IEA, World Bank
Global climate data and accountability

Track the path to zero.

Who caused the climate crisis. Who is paying for it. Who is doing something about it. All the numbers here come from trusted sources like NASA and the World Bank.

The number this site exists to explain
$0m pledged, against $0bn owed every year

The world agreed to compensate countries for climate damage they did not cause. What has actually been pledged covers about one 480th of a single year's cost. See the full breakdown

Remaining global carbon budget, 1.5°C
Budget used
At current emission rates, the remaining budget runs out around .
Source: IPCC AR6 WG1, remaining budget for 50% chance of <1.5°C from Jan 2020: 500 GtCO2, depleted at this site's published rate of ~36.8 GtCO2/year. Full methodology
What is actually happening

Colour is disappearing from the world, in ways you can measure.

Smoke greys out skies that were blue. Bleaching turns living reef white and grey where colour used to be. Drought drains green land to dust. None of this is a metaphor, it shows up in the data below, place by place, year by year.

Wildfire smoke greying a sky that was once blue
SmokeGlobal fire outbreaks hit a record high in early 2026, greying skies far beyond the fire itself.
Flooded houses under a grey, overcast sky
FloodingNow the foremost climate hazard worldwide, leaving grey silt where fields used to be.
Smoke billowing from power plant cooling towers
EmissionsCarbon pollution reached record levels again in 2025, the source the rest of this page traces back to.
"Ice sheet loss and Amazon degradation become irreversible the longer temperatures stay above 1.5°C."António Guterres, UN Secretary-General · UN News, 2 September 2026