According to the latest climate report released by the World Meteorological Organization on May 28, it is estimated that between 2025 and 2029 there is an 80% chance that the “warmest year” ever recorded will occur. In other words, the average global temperature in at least one of these five years will exceed the record just set in 2024. Experts warned that although the average temperature increase of more than 1.5 degrees Celsius in a single year from pre-industrial levels does not mean officially breaking the threshold mentioned in the Paris Agreement, such an increase may cause more severe extreme weather and have more serious climate change impacts, such as accelerating the melting of sea ice and glaciers, ocean warming, and sea level rise. Every time the temperature rises by 0.1 degrees Celsius, it matters a lot.

According to the latest climate report released by the World Meteorological Organization on May 28, it is estimated that between 2025 and 2029 there is an 80% chance that the “warmest year” on record will occur. In other words, the average global temperature in at least one of these five years will exceed the record just set in 2024. Experts warned that although the average temperature increase of more than 1.5 degrees Celsius in a single year from pre-industrial levels does not mean officially breaking the threshold mentioned in the Paris Agreement, such an increase may cause more severe extreme weather and have more serious climate change impacts, such as accelerating the melting of sea ice and glaciers, ocean warming, and sea level rise. Every time the temperature rises by 0.1 degrees Celsius, it matters a lot.