Hotter world, tighter budgets: the World Wildlife Fund on Climate Week's 2026 test | Fortune

Climate Week 2026 is set to bring more than 100,000 people to New York City for over 1,000 events, and the World Wildlife Fund argues the demand is both a sign of progress and a reminder of how fast conditions are worsening. The piece notes the last 11 years were the 11 warmest on record, and that 2024 saw the first calendar year more than 1.5°C above preindustrial levels. It cites a glacier collapse in Nepal in 2024 that killed over 1,300 people and excess-heat deaths in Europe this summer. While policy already in place could keep warming near 2.8°C, nature conservation remains underfunded—public budgets covered about 80% of nature finance since 2010.