Resolutions for your 2025 climate action plan

(FILES) A charging connector is pictured charging a vehicle at Gridserve E-charging station for all-electric cars, near Braintree, eastern England on August 8, 2023. The UK car industry sold a record number of all-electric vehicles in 2024 but still fell short of the government's mandated targets, an industry trade body said Saturday, January 4. (Photo by Justin TALLIS / AFP)

NEW YORK: Last year was a rough one for climate change. It was almost without a doubt the hottest year on record.

There were countless devastating climate disasters, from epic floods in Spain to hurricanes in the south-eastern United States to raging wildfires in the Brazilian rainforest. And major international environmental negotiations were plagued by bitter fighting and some stalemates.