The most recent WMO State of the Climate Update 2026, published this week, shows that the past 12 years are set to be the warmest on record.
The report comes in conjunction with COP31, intended to be supporting climate conversations and discussion around the best course of climate action.
As widely discussed, El Niño has intensified since August and is expected to reach record strength by December – impacting the world’s rainfall and water systems drastically.
Although the most recent impacts of El Niño are not included in the report, as it uses data up until September 2026, it gives a harrowing image of global warming and the rapid acceleration of climate change with the World Meteorlogical Organisation claiming it ‘gives new meaning to phrase “off the charts”’.
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