Last year he was ever registered, the warmest years all got up in the last decade and the levels of carbon dioxide In the atmosphere, which heat the planet, they are at its highest point in 800,000 years, according to a report published on Wednesday.
In its annual report on the state of the climate, the World Meteorological Organization presented all the signs of a world that is increasingly heated, with oceans at record temperatures, the increasing sea level and glaciers by backing to an unprecedented speed.
“Our planet is emitting more alarm signals”said António Guterres, general secretary of the United Nations, who pointed out that the report indicates that the international objective of limiting heating to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.8º Fahrenheit) from the pre -industrial era is still possible.
“Leaders must act to make it come true, taking advantage of the benefits of clean and economic renewable energies for their peoples and economies,” he added.
The report attributed heating to human activity – as the burning of coal, oil and gas – and to a lesser extent to El Niño’s natural weather phenomenon. An El Niño episode was formed in June 2023 and dissipated a year later, contributing more heat and helping to beat the temperature records. In 2024, the world exceeded the limit of 1.5º C for the first time, but only for a year. Scientists measure the breach of the climate objective as the time that the Earth remains above that level of heating for a longer period.
According to the report, global warming is contributing to more frequent extreme climatic phenomena, which have caused the highest levels of displacement in 16 years, have helped to aggravate food crises and have caused mass economic losses. Only last year at least 151 extreme “unprecedented” climatic events were recorded, according to the report.
“It is a call for attention that we are increasing the risk for our lives, economies and for the planet,” said Celeste Saulo, general secretary of the OMM.
The warnings of the report arrive at a time when the president of the United States, Donald Trump, announced a series of setbacks in climatic commitments and questioned climate science. The United States is the second largest polluter in the world and the largest greenhouse gases issuer in history. This has led some to consider that other nations may also have less ambitious objectives as a result.
“Science is indisputable. Attempts to hide climate science to the public will not prevent us from feeling the serious impacts of climate change,” said Brenda Ekwurzel, of the non -profit organization Union of Concerned Scientists, based in the United States.
Vanessa Nakate, a Uganda climatic activist, also warned that “the more we delay emission cuts, the situation will be worse.”
“Gradually eliminating fossil fuels is not an option, it is an emergency response to a crisis that develops before our eyes,” he added.