At the 10 year anniversary of the Paris Agreement, U.S. climate commitments are being swallowed up by military spending. David B. Gleason from Chicago, IL, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Alliyah Lusuegro Ten years ago as of December 2025, nearly every country in the world made a promise. By signing the Paris Agreement , governments committed to limit global temperature rises to no more than 2°C — and ideally 1.5°C — to avoid the most devastating impacts of a warming p