Global temperatures remain at dangerously high levels, the World Meteorological Organization reported, raising concerns over accelerated ice melt, sea level rise, and extreme weather events.
The year 2025 has offered no reprieve from the climate crisis, affecting regions across the globe. In just the past two weeks, Hurricane Melissa swept through the Caribbean, Typhoon Kalmaegi caused devastation in the Philippines, and torrential rains battered Vietnam. According to WMO’s annual State of the Global Climate report, 2025 continues an “alarming series of unprecedented temperatures” and is expected to rank as the second or third hottest year ever recorded.
The WMO report, released on Thursday, November 6, notes that the past 11 years, from 2015 to 2025, have been the warmest since records began 176 years ago. The last three years alone are the hottest on record. Preliminary data show that from January to August 2025, global temperatures averaged 1.42°C above pre-industrial levels.
Although 2025 is slightly cooler than 2024, the latter remains the only year to surpass the 1.5°C warming threshold, the most ambitious target of the Paris Agreement. The report highlights that warming El Niño conditions, which drove high temperatures in 2023 and 2024, have now shifted to neutral or La Niña conditions, but global temperatures remain critically elevated.
Experts warn that the persistent heat will continue to fuel extreme weather events, threaten ecosystems, and exacerbate long-term climate impacts if urgent and large-scale action is not taken.
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