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UN weather agency warns of record 'climate imbalance' as planetary warming accelerates [View all]
https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/03/116717823 March 2026 Climate and Environment
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“Between 2015 and 2025, we experienced the hottest 11 years on record,” WMO’s deputy executive secretary Ko Barrett said.
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Grim state of climate
Presenting a grim overview of the state of the climate in 2025, Ms. Barrett stressed that as glaciers continue to retreat and ice continues to melt, “the warming ocean and melting land-based ice are driving the long-term rise in global mean sea level rise.”
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Record greenhouse gas levels
The agency’s scientific officer John Kennedy said that concentrations in the atmosphere of three key greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide) reached record levels in 2024, the last year for which there are consolidated global numbers.
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Worrying energy imbalance
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“The largest fraction of that absorbed energy is going to the oceans, around 90 per cent of the excess energy in the climate system,” Mr. Kennedy said. “This matters because over three billion people depend on these marine and coastal resources for their livelihoods. They’re living off the ocean, and nearly 11 per cent of the global population live on low-lying coasts directly exposed to coastal hazards.”
All-time high greenhouse gas concentrations in Earth’s atmosphere continue to drive heat records on land and sea, with long-lasting consequences for humanity, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warned on Monday.
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“Between 2015 and 2025, we experienced the hottest 11 years on record,” WMO’s deputy executive secretary Ko Barrett said.
…
Grim state of climate
Presenting a grim overview of the state of the climate in 2025, Ms. Barrett stressed that as glaciers continue to retreat and ice continues to melt, “the warming ocean and melting land-based ice are driving the long-term rise in global mean sea level rise.”
…
…
Record greenhouse gas levels
The agency’s scientific officer John Kennedy said that concentrations in the atmosphere of three key greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide) reached record levels in 2024, the last year for which there are consolidated global numbers.
…
Worrying energy imbalance
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“The largest fraction of that absorbed energy is going to the oceans, around 90 per cent of the excess energy in the climate system,” Mr. Kennedy said. “This matters because over three billion people depend on these marine and coastal resources for their livelihoods. They’re living off the ocean, and nearly 11 per cent of the global population live on low-lying coasts directly exposed to coastal hazards.”
https://wmo.int/publication-series/state-of-global-climate/state-of-global-climate-2025
https://doi.org/10.59327/WMO/S/CRI/SOC1
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