UN Warns of Escalating Climate Crisis with No Relief in Sight

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UN Warns of Escalating Climate Crisis with No Relief in Sight

 

A new report from the United Nations paints a grim picture for the planet’s climate future, warning that global temperatures are set to surpass critical warming thresholds in the coming years. According to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the UN’s weather and climate agency, there is a 70 percent chance that the average global temperature between 2025 and 2029 will exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels—a threshold widely seen as a crucial benchmark for avoiding the most catastrophic effects of climate change.

 

“We have just experienced the 10 warmest years on record,” said Ko Barrett, deputy secretary-general of the WMO. “Unfortunately, this WMO report provides no sign of respite over the coming years, and this means that there will be a growing negative impact on our economies, our daily lives, our ecosystems and our planet.”

 

The 1.5-degree target, set as part of the 2015 Paris Agreement, was intended as a limit to stave off the worst effects of climate disruption. However, rising carbon dioxide emissions—driven largely by continued reliance on coal, oil, and gas—have pushed global temperatures steadily upward. Many climate scientists now argue that meeting the 1.5-degree goal is no longer feasible.

 

Compiled using data from the UK’s Met Office and several global forecasting centers, the WMO’s report projects that annual global surface temperatures from 2025 to 2029 will likely fall between 1.2°C and 1.9°C above the 1850-1900 average. “This is entirely consistent with our proximity to passing 1.5C on a long-term basis in the late 2020s or early 2030s,” said Peter Thorne, director of the Irish Climate Analysis and Research Units group at the University of Maynooth. “I would expect in two to three years this probability to be 100 percent” for the five-year outlook, he added.

 

In addition, there is an 80 percent chance that at least one of the years between 2025 and 2029 will become the hottest year ever recorded, breaking the record set in 2024. Climatologist Adam Scaife of the Met Office emphasized the growing risks, stating, “It is shocking,” and noting that “that probability is going to rise.” He recalled that only a decade ago, the chances of surpassing 1.5°C in a single year were seen as minimal, but that scenario became reality in 2024.

 

Some forecasts even indicate a small but real chance—around one percent—that a year within the next five could exceed 2°C of warming, a level previously considered virtually unthinkable. “It's the first time we've ever seen such an event in our computer predictions,” said Scaife.

 

WMO’s climate services director Christopher Hewitt explained that to measure long-term warming, climate scientists use a mix of past observations and future projections. One such model estimates that the 20-year average temperature from 2015 to 2034 will reach 1.44°C above pre-industrial levels. Meanwhile, the EU’s Copernicus climate monitoring agency places current warming at around 1.39°C and forecasts the 1.5°C mark could be breached by mid-2029 or even earlier.

 

The consequences of this warming are already being felt. “We've already hit a dangerous level of warming,” warned Friederike Otto, a climatologist at Imperial College London. She pointed to “deadly floods in Australia, France, Algeria, India, China and Ghana, wildfires in Canada,” and added, “Relying on oil, gas and coal in 2025 is total lunacy.”

 

The WMO also highlighted concerning regional trends. Arctic temperatures are expected to continue increasing at rates higher than the global average. Forecasts for 2025-2029 also show expected reductions in sea ice in the Barents Sea, the Bering Sea, and the Sea of Okhotsk. South Asia is likely to experience wetter than average conditions, while the Amazon region could see below-average rainfall. Other areas such as the Sahel, northern Europe, Alaska, and northern Siberia are predicted to be wetter than normal.

 

As the planet barrels toward increasingly hazardous climate conditions, the WMO’s report makes one thing clear: the world is running out of time—and excuses.

 

  Adapted by ASEAN Now from AFP  2025-05-31

 

 

[blaze master]

How can there be relief when we are always pushing for more and more and more. 

 

Grow the economy now. 

[Bannoi]

America will save the world Trump is leading the charge he knows best. Drill Baby Drill.

[MangoKorat]

4 minutes ago, Bannoi said:

America will save the world Trump is leading the charge he knows best.

Yeah right!

[FlorC]

Oh no , not again.

[BritManToo]

As they've been saying for the past 40 years ..........

We only have 10 years left to save the planet!

[johng]

10 hours ago, Social Media said:

the world is running out of time—and excuses.

 

Its the globalist WEF and other elitists  that are running out of time and excuses as more and more of the world wakes up to their  despicable depopulation and impoverishment plans.

 

"You will own nothing and be happy"   while eating the bugs !!!

 

[nglodnig]

10 hours ago, Social Media said:

It's the first time we've ever seen such an event in our computer predictions

Er - you haven't SEEN this event - your model PREDICTED it - it's called fiction versus reality

[CygnusX1]

11 hours ago, Social Media said:

She pointed to “deadly floods in Australia, France, Algeria, India, China and Ghana

Not a good match for the photograph accompanying the article! Reminiscent of the prediction that poor Tim Flannery (a noted Australian climate change alarmist) made at the height of a drought that “even the rain that falls isn’t going to fill the dams”, after which the major dam serving Sydney has spilled over several times.

[Harrisfan]

Most nations are too cold. Bring it on.

[johng]

ooops  !!

 

Previous studies have consistently shown a long-term trend of mass loss, particularly in West Antarctica and the Antarctic Peninsula, while glaciers in East Antarctica appeared relatively stable. However, a recent study led by Dr. Wang and Prof. Shen at Tongji University has found a surprising shift: between 2021 and 2023, the AIS experienced a record-breaking increase in overall mass.

 

https://scitechdaily.com/antarcticas-astonishing-rebound-ice-sheet-grows-for-the-first-time-in-decades/

[BritManToo]

10 minutes ago, johng said:

ooops  !!

 

Previous studies have consistently shown a long-term trend of mass loss, particularly in West Antarctica and the Antarctic Peninsula, while glaciers in East Antarctica appeared relatively stable. However, a recent study led by Dr. Wang and Prof. Shen at Tongji University has found a surprising shift: between 2021 and 2023, the AIS experienced a record-breaking increase in overall mass.

 

https://scitechdaily.com/antarcticas-astonishing-rebound-ice-sheet-grows-for-the-first-time-in-decades/

Yay, net zero worked!

[Ubonian Canadian]

The experts never seem to mention the axis going off kilter with the poles wandering off.

It seems to me that this constant moving of the north pole will effect the jet streams and the angle to the sun. One would think that this would affect the weather patterns that we have been used to. It appears we are slowly heading toward a pole shift which will once again change the world dramatically. There's no stopping this reality. The cleanse is coming.

Unfortunately it is becoming increasingly more difficult to trust the so called experts.

The most recent survey determined that the Pole is moving approximately north-northwest at 55km per year.

NASA claims that pole shifts don't have much effect on weather. Seems an odd statement considering Antarctica used to be fertile ground. They also state the last pole shift was 700,000 years ago but also that the average pole shifts occur every 300,000 years. It may be true that NASA stands for Never A Straight Answer.

One fact everyone seems to agree upon is that the shift was about 10km per year until recently.

https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/loops/stellar/prod/20250113-geomagnetic-01-loop.mp4?c=original

 

Just thinking out loud.

[JonnyF]

Only one thing for it.

 

Bring back Greta. 

 

Without her we are all doomed. DOOMED I tell you. 

[CygnusX1]

56 minutes ago, Ubonian Canadian said:

The experts never seem to mention the axis going off kilter with the poles wandering off.

It seems to me that this constant moving of the north pole will effect the jet streams and the angle to the sun. One would think that this would affect the weather patterns that we have been used to. It appears we are slowly heading toward a pole shift which will once again change the world dramatically. There's no stopping this reality. The cleanse is coming.

Unfortunately it is becoming increasingly more difficult to trust the so called experts.

The most recent survey determined that the Pole is moving approximately north-northwest at 55km per year.

NASA claims that pole shifts don't have much effect on weather. Seems an odd statement considering Antarctica used to be fertile ground. They also state the last pole shift was 700,000 years ago but also that the average pole shifts occur every 300,000 years. It may be true that NASA stands for Never A Straight Answer.

One fact everyone seems to agree upon is that the shift was about 10km per year until recently.

https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/loops/stellar/prod/20250113-geomagnetic-01-loop.mp4?c=original

 

Just thinking out loud.

The pole shift you refer to is the movement of the Earth’s MAGNETIC pole, not the precession of its axis. Shifts in the magnetic pole don’t affect the angle to the sun or jet stream. Axial precession does have an effect on climate and ice ages, but on a time scale of thousands of years.

[Bruce1054]

On 5/31/2025 at 4:07 AM, Social Media said:

 

UN Warns of Escalating Climate Crisis with No Relief in Sight

 

A new report from the United Nations paints a grim picture for the planet’s climate future, warning that global temperatures are set to surpass critical warming thresholds in the coming years. According to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the UN’s weather and climate agency, there is a 70 percent chance that the average global temperature between 2025 and 2029 will exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels—a threshold widely seen as a crucial benchmark for avoiding the most catastrophic effects of climate change.

 

“We have just experienced the 10 warmest years on record,” said Ko Barrett, deputy secretary-general of the WMO. “Unfortunately, this WMO report provides no sign of respite over the coming years, and this means that there will be a growing negative impact on our economies, our daily lives, our ecosystems and our planet.”

 

The 1.5-degree target, set as part of the 2015 Paris Agreement, was intended as a limit to stave off the worst effects of climate disruption. However, rising carbon dioxide emissions—driven largely by continued reliance on coal, oil, and gas—have pushed global temperatures steadily upward. Many climate scientists now argue that meeting the 1.5-degree goal is no longer feasible.

 

Compiled using data from the UK’s Met Office and several global forecasting centers, the WMO’s report projects that annual global surface temperatures from 2025 to 2029 will likely fall between 1.2°C and 1.9°C above the 1850-1900 average. “This is entirely consistent with our proximity to passing 1.5C on a long-term basis in the late 2020s or early 2030s,” said Peter Thorne, director of the Irish Climate Analysis and Research Units group at the University of Maynooth. “I would expect in two to three years this probability to be 100 percent” for the five-year outlook, he added.

 

In addition, there is an 80 percent chance that at least one of the years between 2025 and 2029 will become the hottest year ever recorded, breaking the record set in 2024. Climatologist Adam Scaife of the Met Office emphasized the growing risks, stating, “It is shocking,” and noting that “that probability is going to rise.” He recalled that only a decade ago, the chances of surpassing 1.5°C in a single year were seen as minimal, but that scenario became reality in 2024.

 

Some forecasts even indicate a small but real chance—around one percent—that a year within the next five could exceed 2°C of warming, a level previously considered virtually unthinkable. “It's the first time we've ever seen such an event in our computer predictions,” said Scaife.

 

WMO’s climate services director Christopher Hewitt explained that to measure long-term warming, climate scientists use a mix of past observations and future projections. One such model estimates that the 20-year average temperature from 2015 to 2034 will reach 1.44°C above pre-industrial levels. Meanwhile, the EU’s Copernicus climate monitoring agency places current warming at around 1.39°C and forecasts the 1.5°C mark could be breached by mid-2029 or even earlier.

 

The consequences of this warming are already being felt. “We've already hit a dangerous level of warming,” warned Friederike Otto, a climatologist at Imperial College London. She pointed to “deadly floods in Australia, France, Algeria, India, China and Ghana, wildfires in Canada,” and added, “Relying on oil, gas and coal in 2025 is total lunacy.”

 

The WMO also highlighted concerning regional trends. Arctic temperatures are expected to continue increasing at rates higher than the global average. Forecasts for 2025-2029 also show expected reductions in sea ice in the Barents Sea, the Bering Sea, and the Sea of Okhotsk. South Asia is likely to experience wetter than average conditions, while the Amazon region could see below-average rainfall. Other areas such as the Sahel, northern Europe, Alaska, and northern Siberia are predicted to be wetter than normal.

 

As the planet barrels toward increasingly hazardous climate conditions, the WMO’s report makes one thing clear: the world is running out of time—and excuses.

 

  Adapted by ASEAN Now from AFP  2025-05-31

 

 

Yawn 

 All the usual bull higher taxes will fix it 😕