WMO confirms hottest decade on record

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warns that there is little room for optimism about the current state of the climate. The UN agency says the years between 2015 and 2025 have been the hottest since records began, with 2025 ranking either second or third overall. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Temperatures are rising, oceans are heating up, ice and glaciers are melting and the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere continues to increase, said WMO on Monday on World Meteorological Day. "There is no denying that these indicators are not developing in a direction that gives cause for great hope," said WMO Deputy Chief Ko Barrett. The planet is being "pushed to its limits", says UN Secretary-General António Guterres. The WMO confirms that the years 2015 to 2025 were the hottest eleven-year period since measurements began. Last year was the second or third hottest year with an average temperature of 1.43° degrees Celsius above ...