Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General
What was announced
This year will be one of the four warmest on record with a very strong El Niño set to unleash more heat and extreme weather into 2027, according to the World Meteorological Organization’s 2026 State of the Climate Update. The global average temperature is 1.47°Cabove pre-industrial levels.
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- Original: https://press.un.org/en/2026/db261109.doc.htm
- Published 2026-11-09 20:11:29 UTC
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