This year set to be one of four hottest on record, UN report says
The report says record ocean heat and sea levels are worsening risks, with an extra 370,000 lives potentially at stake over the next six months.
- On Monday, the World Meteorological Organisation warned that a Super El Niño is 'off the charts,' with global temperatures reaching about 1.47°C above pre-industrial averages as the phenomenon 'supercharges' weather patterns.
- El Niño is a recurring climate phenomenon across the tropical Pacific that shifts irregularly every two to seven years, triggering predictable disruptions of temperature, winds, and precipitation.
- Extreme weather has already caused devastating impacts: more than 30,000 excess deaths in Europe, 1,300 deaths from Himalayan flash floods in Nepal, and 146.5 million people in India exposed to extreme heat.
- The El Niño Heat Mortality Tracker reveals an extra 370,000 lives could be at risk over the next six months, with Nigeria, India, and Brazil forecast to bear the brunt of the crisis.
- Countries are gathering in Turkey from November 9 to 20 for climate talks, where the WMO State of the Climate report will provide essential data to inform international discussions.
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2026 to be one of four warmest years on record: WMO
The year 2026 is on track to become one of the four hottest years on record, with global temperatures averaging 1.47°C above pre-industrial levels during January-September, according to the World Meteorological Organization. An intensifying El Nino could push temperatures higher into 2027, as record ocean heat, rising greenhouse gas concentrations and extreme weather deepen the global climate crisis.
The world is on track for its hottest year on record as the planet is hit by warming due to climate change and El Niño, scientists have told BBC News. The warning comes as world leaders and negotiators gather in Turkey on Monday for the opening of COP31, the latest UN climate summit. Berkeley Earth, the independent US research group behind the forecast, said that with two months left in the year, it is 95% certain that 2026 will surpass the prev…
UN report: 2026 on track to be among four hottest years on record as El Niño drives warming
Every indicator here is telling the same story. We're seeing the heat trapped by greenhouse gases is showing up in the ocean, in the atmosphere, in the melting of ice and the rising of sea levels.”
<p>2026 could be one of the four hottest in the history of observations - a UN report The average temperature in 2026 is already 1.47°C higher than pre-industrial levels. WMO also recorded a record rise in the level of the sea.</p>
The COP31 climate change conference opened today amid a dispute over funding. The United Nations Secretary-General urged world leaders to “take the climate crisis seriously” after a year of deadly weather extremes. Antonio Guterres made the remarks as thousands of participants flocked to a sprawling exhibition center in Antalya, on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast, for the annual two-week UN climate conference. The conference comes after a year of...
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