The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has warned that 2025 is set to be either the second or third warmest year on record, continuing a worrying trend of extreme global heat. The period from 2015 to 2025 will mark the warmest 11 years in recorded history, with the last three years ranking as the hottest ever observed.

According to the WMO’s State of the Global Climate Update 2025, the average global surface temperature between January and August stood 1.42°C (±0.12) above pre-industrial levels. This is slightly lower than 2024’s record figure of 1.55°C (±0.13), when the world recorded its first full year above 1.5°C.

The Paris Agreement, signed in 2015, aims to limit global warming to well below 2°C, striving to keep it within 1.5°C. However, scientists note that warming has alread

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