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The INEOS Energy's Siri platform seen from a helicopter above the North Sea, Denmark, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/James Brooks)

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The Nini oil field and a vessel are seen from a helicopter above the North Sea, Denmark, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/James Brooks)

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Workers stand at the platform's railing on the INEOS Energy's Siri platform in the North Sea, Denmark, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/James Brooks)

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Technical equipment of the INEOS Energy's Siri platform is seen from the helicopter pad at the platform in the North Sea, Denmark, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/James Brooks)

The world has seen faster climate change than expected since the Paris Agreement a decade ago. Scientists say Earth's warming has outpaced efforts to reduce fossil fuel pollution that came out of the 2015 accord. This issue will be a focus of this week's UN climate talks in Brazil. There has been some progress like cheaper renewable energy and increased electric vehicle sales. But warming's harms have overwhelmed those gains. Extreme weather events such as major Atlantic hurricanes have increased since 2015. More than 7 trillion tons of ice have melted. The seas have risen by enough water to fill 30 lakes the size of Lake Erie.