The years between 2015 and 2025 have been the hottest since records began, ​the U.N. weather agency said on Monday, ‌with 2025 ranking either second or third overall.

•The World Meteorological Organization report said 2015-2025 were the hottest ​11 years since records began in ​1850.

•2025 was either the second or third ⁠ hottest on record, the WMO State of the ​Global Climate report said, at
about 1.43 degrees ​Celsius above the pre-industrial average.

•This confirms an earlier report from the WMO that
2025 was one of the three ​hottest
on record.

•Glacier mass loss at key ​sites was among the five worst on record, the ‌ report ⁠said, with exceptional declines reported in Iceland and North America.

•”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,” said United Nations ​Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

•The report also confirmed ​that ⁠2024 was the hottest year at about 1.55 degrees C above the pre-industrial average.

•Governments pledged under ⁠the ​2015 Paris Agreement to try ​to avoid exceeding 1.5 degrees C of global warming.