Last decade hottest on record, says World Meteorological Organisation

This year is shaping up to be the hottest one on record and we're blowing by climate targets

Some places may be experiencing a cold spell now, but the year as a whole was very hot.

Last decade ‘was planet’s hottest on record’

The World Meteorological Organisation said the average global temperature between 2011 and 2020 was 1.1C above pre-industrial levels

Last decade hottest on record, says World Meteorological Organisation

Less fresh water will be available for millions around the world as Antarctic continental ice sheet has thinned at an unprecedented rate

2011-2020 warmest decade on record; each decade since 1990s warmer than last one

The largest positive anomalies for the decade, in places more than 2 degree C above the 1981-2010 average, were in the Arctic

Previous decade 'hottest on record' with polar ice melting faster than in the last century

According to the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), the hottest years of the decade were 2016 and 2020 while the six hottest years taken together on record were between 2015 and 2020.

Last decade hottest on record, says World Meteorological Organisation

The previous decade has been the hottest on record with polar and mountain ice melting and the sea levels rising faster than in the 20th century, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has said.