The UN called the past decade the hottest in history.
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has recognized the past decade as the warmest in the 176-year history of observations on land and in the ocean. This is stated in the report "The State of the global climate" for 2025 published on March 23.
"Humanity has just experienced eleven of the hottest years in history. When history repeats itself eleven times, it is no longer a coincidence. This is a call to action," said UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.
According to the report, 2025 turned out to be cooler than the record hot year of 2024. Depending on the calculation methodology, experts classify it as the second or third warmest year in history. Experts explain such temperature fluctuations by the transition from the climatic phenomenon El Niño, recorded in early 2024, to La Niña in 2025.
"The last three years have been the three warmest years in the entire 176-year history of observations on land and in the ocean," the document says.
During 2025, national temperature maxima were updated in several countries at once. Portugal and Spain (Europe) recorded 46.6 and 46.0 degrees Celsius in June, respectively. In Turkey, the thermometer rose to 50.5 degrees in July. The Asian region also faced extreme heat: Japan, China and the Republic of Korea experienced the hottest summer ever recorded. In particular, an absolute record of 41.8 degrees Celsius was set in Japan.
Science Daily magazine reported on March 9 that the pace of global warming has accelerated markedly in recent years. According to experts, over the past decade, the temperature on the planet has increased by about 0.35 degrees in ten years. For comparison, from 1970 to 2015, the average rate of increase was just under 0.2 degrees per decade.
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