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2025 marked ten years since the Paris Agreement. The milestone brought mixed emotions. Progress in renewable energy and electric vehicles, yet global warming projections still hovering around 2.3–2.8°C . COP30 in Belem, Brazil, delivered the Belem Package with commitments to triple adaptation finance and amplify indigenous voices. Meanwhile, floods, wildfires, and heatwaves across continents reminded us that climate change is no longer a distant threat but a lived reality. In