World Entering 'Age Of Climate Extremes,' UN Chief Warns
- United Nations Chief Antonio Guterres urged COP31 leaders in Antalya, Turkiye on Monday to 'get serious' by cutting emissions faster and accelerating a transition from fossil fuels.
- The World Meteorological Organization released a report showing 2026 continued a streak of exceptional global temperatures, with surface averages around 1.47 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels among the 12 hottest years on record.
- WMO chief Celeste Saulo told reporters in Geneva that current Nino conditions give 'new meaning to the phrase off the charts,' with forecasts suggesting tropical Pacific temperatures may reach 3.8 degrees Celsius above average.
- Saulo warned that 'heatwaves, tropical cyclones, and rainstorms are intensifying faster than our historical baselines prepared us for,' though the WMO noted countries with early warning systems increased from 55 in 2015 to 136 last year.
- The strong Nino could unleash extreme weather well into next year, prompting the WMO to urge COP31 to ensure sustained investment in global observations and forecasting systems needed for early warnings.
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COP31 opens with leaders under pressure to tackle climate crisis
The summit comes after a year of punishing heatwaves in Europe, major wildfires in Indonesia and catastrophic floods in Nepal, with an exceptionally strong El Nino weather phenomenon fuelling more climate chaos.
Antalya (Turkey), Nov 9 (EFE).- The COP31 climate summit started this Monday in Antalya, Turkey, with a call from the UN to governments to accelerate the energy transition and protect the most vulnerable countries, in the face of a global warming that is moving faster than the efforts to stop it. "COP31 must push ahead with [...] The entry The UN calls for more results to stop the warming at the opening of COP31 was first published in HolaNews.
The heat waves in Europe, the big fires in Indonesia or the disaster in Nepal due to the collapse of a glacier highlighted the risks of global warming, which is now intensified by the powerful El Niño phenomenon. Climate indicators are now "out of the ordinary," warned the head of the World Meteorological Organization, Celeste Saulo, when publishing a report that warns of a warming very close to the limit of +1.5°C set in the Paris Agreement. "W…
The world is entering a new reality in which climate extremes are becoming the norm, United Nations (UN) chief Antonio Guterres warned on Monday, urging leaders at the COP31 climate conference in Turkey to get serious.
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