For the third straight year, efforts to fight climate change haven't lowered projections for how hot the world is likely to get — and recent developments in China and the United States are likely to slightly worsen the outlook,

Climate Action Tracker said Thursday there has been a three-year standstill in global warming projections, with no improvement since 2021. The world is on a path to reach 2.7°C of warming.

For the third straight year, efforts to fight climate change haven't lowered projections for how hot the world is likely to get — even as countries gather for another round of talks to curb warming, according to an analysis Thursday.