Climate scientist Andy Reisinger has warned that humanity will miss its target of keeping atmospheric warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial times, predicts an even warmer future. The Paris Agreement, originally established in 2015, aimed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions rapidly and hold the planetary temperature rise to below 2 degrees Celsius. However, nations' cumulative actions and commitments are falling far short of these goals. The United States pulled out of the agreement in 2020 and again in 2026, making it the only one of the original 195 parties to do so. A coalition of countries is planning a First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels in Colombia, aiming to fast-forward the world's adoption of renewable energy and a path away from coal, oil and gas.