Trend Accelerating climate change makes disasters real and tightens global climate regulation

Summary

The plan states that climate change is accelerating and that its effects on disasters, food security and health are already materializing. At the same time, global regulation aimed at preparing for the climate crisis is becoming stricter. It points to the growing number of countries that use emissions trading or carbon pricing and to the full application of the EU carbon border adjustment mechanism from January 2026. The plan also displays recent global temperature records and long-run disaster statistics as background to this trend. For a science and technology plan, the implication is that climate response becomes both a regulatory condition and a demand for new technology.