UN Report: Earth in 'State of Emergency' as Climate Indicators Flash Red
A landmark United Nations report released for World Meteorological Day has issued a dire warning, declaring Earth's climate to be in a 'state of emergency.' The World Meteorological Organization's State of the Global Climate 2025 report confirms that the period from 2015 to 2025 was the hottest 11-year stretch on record, with 2025 ranking as the second or third hottest year ever recorded, at about 1.43°C above pre-industrial levels. UN Secretary-General António Guterres starkly summarized the findings, stating, 'Every key climate indicator is flashing red.' The report details an unprecedented 'climate imbalance,' with Earth's energy imbalance reaching a record high. The world's oceans have broken heat records for nine consecutive years, glaciers are retreating at alarming rates, and extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and deadly. Scientists warn that the planet is perilously close to breaching the critical 1.5°C warming threshold, beyond which increasingly severe and compounding climate impacts are triggered. Multiple sources, including the WMO and UN leadership, emphasize that the primary driver of this crisis is the human use of fossil fuels. The report underscores that the consequences of inaction will be felt for millennia to come. The only way to avert the worst outcomes, experts unanimously stress, is to urgently transition away from fossil fuels and drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions to stabilize the planet's climate system.
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World Meteorological Day: Ocean Heat Breaks Record, Scientists Warn : ScienceAlert
Earth's climate is more imbalanced than at any other time on record, with 2015-2025 confirmed as the hottest 11 years on record, as highlighted by the World Meteorological Organization's annual State of the Global Climate report.
World Meteorological Day: observing today to protect tomorrow ... WMO’s State of the Global Climate report 2025 confirms that 2015-2025 are the hottest 11-years on record, and that 2025 was the second or third hottest year on record, at about 1.43 °C above the 1850-1900 average.
PETALING JAYA: Marking World Meteorological Day, the United Nations’ weather agency has declared that the planet has just experienced the hottest decade on record. The World Meteorological Organization’s (WMO) State of the Global Climate 2025 report said the period from 2015 to 2025 ranks ...
"Every key indicator flashing red" warns UN's 2025 climate report - Oceanographic
Of the report’s conclusions, Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary General, said: “The State of the Global Climate is in a state of emergency. Planet Earth is being pushed beyond its limits. Every key climate indicator is flashing red.”
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reported Earth's energy imbalance reached a record high in 2025, with 2015-2025 the hottest 11 years on record. Last year was among the hottest years – 1.43°C above pre-industrial levels, bringing extreme heat,
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