El Niño pushes world towards record heat as COP31 opens
Scientists say 2026 is on track to be the hottest year on record as El Niño continues to drive temperatures higher.
- On Monday, world leaders gathered in Antalya, Turkey, for the COP31 climate summit as scientists warned that 2026 is on track to be the hottest year on record, driven by human-induced climate change and an intensifying El Niño.
- Berkeley Earth researchers report 95% confidence that 2026 will surpass 2024's record, while WMO Secretary-General Celeste Saulo explained that El Niño releases heat from the ocean, which is 'the warmest ever measured.'
- Rising global temperatures have fueled extensive wildfires across Europe and a glacier collapse in Nepal that killed more than 1,000 people, prompting UN climate chief Simon Stiell to urge that the 'urgency of this moment must drive us forward.'
- Wealthier nations are struggling to reach the £63bn target for developing countries as aid budgets are redirected toward defense spending and household relief following the Iran-US war.
- The unusually powerful El Niño is expected to continue into next year, pushing temperatures higher and challenging existing goals to limit warming to 1.5°C, providing no relief for 2027.
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Courrier internationalCOP31 has just started in Antalya, Turkey, after several months marked by dramatic manifestations of global warming.
The last twelve years have been the warmest since the beginning of the records. Now the climate phenomenon El Niño could continue to excite the temperatures - what comes to the world?
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