UN issues new climate warning as El Niño looms

The Earth's climate is further out of balance than at any time in recorded history, the UN's weather agency says.

U.N. Climate Report Finds Growing Energy Imbalance on Earth

The continued burning of fossil fuels is locking heat in Earth’s atmosphere, oceans and land — instead of allowing it to reflect back into space, a new report finds.

By Eric Niiler

Earth trapped record amount of heat in 2025, UN report says

The 11 hottest years ever recorded were all between 2015 and 2025, the United Nations' WMO weather and climate agency confirmed in its flagship State of the Global Climate annual report released on Monday.

Earth being ‘pushed beyond its limits’ as energy imbalance reaches record high

State of the Climate report finds Earth’s energy has moved dangerously out of balance, with oceans absorbing vast majority of trapped heat Our home planet is struggling with a record energy imbalance, which is warming oceans to unprecedented levels, making weather more extreme and threatening health and food supplies, the World Meteorological Organization has warned. The United Nations body confirmed 2015 to 2025 were the hottest 11 years ever measured, but a still bleaker message was that th...

By Jonathan Watts

‘Flashing red’: UN alarmed as heat trapped by Earth hits record high

The amount of heat trapped by the Earth reached record levels in 2025, with the consequences of such warming feared to last for thousands of years, the UN warned on Monday. The 11 hottest years ever recorded were all between 2015 and 2025, the United Nations’ WMO weather and climate agency confirmed in its flagship State of the Global Climate annual report. Last year was the second or third hottest year on record, at about 1.43 degrees Celsius above the 1850-1900 average, the World...

By Agence France-Presse

Earth's climate more unbalanced than ever, WMO warns

The world's oceans have broken heat records for nine straight years, glaciers are retreating and extreme weather is killing thousands. The only way to avoid the worst is to urgently ditch fossil fuels.

Earth heat hits record in 2025 as UN warns warming will last thousands of years

Earth’s heat-trapping levels hit a record in 2025, with impacts expected to persist for thousands of years, the United Nations warned on Monday. The World Meteorological Organisation said the 11 warmest years on record occurred between 2015 and 2025, underscoring global warming in its State of the Global Climate report.

By FRANCE 24

Global climate in ‘state of emergency’ as energy imbalance reaches record high: WMO report

Planet trapped record heat in 2025: UN - The Straits Times

Planet trapped record heat in 2025: UN  The Straits Times

Earth’s heat imbalance hits record high as UN warns of lasting climate impact

The amount of heat being trapped by the Earth reached a record high in 2025, according to the United Nations, with scientists warning that the effects of this imbalance could shape the planet for thousands of years to come.

By RFI

UN Confirms 2015-2025 As Hottest Decade On Record

An increase in the concentrations of greenhouse gases "to their highest level in at least 800,000 years" has "upset this equilibrium," says the WMO.

Earth's climate shows record energy imbalance - WMO

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has warned that the Earth's climate is more out of balance than at any time in observed history, as greenhouse gas concentrations drive continued warming of the atmosphere and ocean and melting of ice.

Planet trapped record heat in 2025: UN

The amount of heat trapped by the Earth reached record levels in 2025, with the consequences of such warming feared to last for thousands of years, the United Nations warned Monday. The 11 hottest years ever recorded were all between 2015 and 2025, the UN World Meteorological Organisation weather and climate agency confirmed in its flagship State of the Global Climate annual report. Last year was the second or third hottest year on record, at about 1.43 Celsius above the 1850-1900 average, th...

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Planet trapped record heat in 2025: U.N.

The 11 hottest years ever recorded were all between 2015 and 2025, the United Nations' WMO weather and climate agency confirmed.

UN warns planet is ‘in a state of emergency’ as global heat levels hit record high

A UN report found that the last 11 years were the hottest on record, with impacts set to last for centuries.

2025 confirmed as one of the hottest years on record

The costs of continuing to burn fossil fuels are "already astronomical", a local climate scientist says. "Let's not make them overwhelming."

Earth's climate swings increasingly out of balance: WMO - China Daily

Earth's climate swings increasingly out of balance: WMO  China Daily