World Meteorological Organization has released its latest report on the state of the global climate, highlighting accelerating changes across key environmental indicators.
According to the report State of the Global Climate 2025, the period from 2015 to 2025 has been the warmest on record. The findings point to unprecedented shifts in the climate system, including rising ocean temperatures, accelerating glacier melt and increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases.
One of the most notable developments is the record level of Earth’s energy imbalance, now the highest observed since measurements began in 1960. This indicator reflects the growing gap between incoming solar energy and the heat radiated back into space, signalling a system increasingly out of equilibrium.
The report also underscores the role of the oceans, which over the past two decades have absorbed around eighteen times more energy annually than total human energy consumption. At the same time, extreme weather events continue to affect millions of people worldwide and result in significant economic losses.
Overall, the findings suggest that the Earth’s climate system is now more destabilised than at any point in modern observational history, reinforcing concerns about the pace and scale of ongoing climate change.