A strong El Niño is anticipated to bring extra extreme heat, and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) issued a warning on Monday that 2027 could be the warmest year on record.
The heads of state were in Turkey for the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP31) when the warning was issued.
According to Celeste Saulo, Secretary General of the World Meteorological Organization, El Niño increases the likelihood of heatwaves, tropical cyclones, and rainstorms, which are becoming more intense compared to past records.
According to a recent weather assessment by the World Meteorological Organization, the past twelve years have been the warmest on record, with the previous four years being among the warmest as well.
The study found that between January and September of 2026, the average surface temperature throughout the globe was 1.47 degrees Celsius higher than pre-industrial levels.
With a margin of error of 0.13 degrees, the analysis suggests that global warming may have gone above the crucial 1.5-degree mark. That mark was last surpassed in 2024.
The World Meteorological Organization reports that severe weather, which is becoming more often as a result of the climate issue, wreaked havoc on every continent in 2018.
More than 30,000 people died needlessly in Europe this year due to heatwaves, drought, and wildfires, according to early estimates.
More than 1,300 people perished in the August glacier fall and flash flood in the Himalayas, while 146.5 million people were affected by the extreme heat in India in April, according to the World Meteorological Organization.