US EditionUN Chief Warns of Moral Failure as COP30 Tackles Missed Climate Goals
The World Meteorological Organisation warns 2025 temperatures average 1.42C above pre-industrial levels as leaders meet to tackle unprecedented climate extremes and greenhouse gas rises.
- As world leaders gather in Belém, Brazil for COP30, Taoiseach Micheál Martin is due to address the summit's opening session this afternoon.
- Global average surface temperature, January–August 2025, was 1.42C above pre-industrial levels, with greenhouse gases reaching record highs in 2024 and continuing into 2025, WMO reports.
- Rising ocean heat and shrinking sea ice show the physical scale of change, with ocean heat content rising above 2024 records, Arctic sea ice at record lows, and extreme weather events in 2025 causing major damage.
- UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres warned that each year above 1.5C will hammer economies and urged fast, large-scale action, while President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil and COP30 host, condemned extremist forces and urged courage to transform policies.
- Looking at long-term trends, WMO analysis shows the past 11 years are the warmest on record, and Ms Saulo said, `'This unprecedented streak of high temperatures, combined with last year's record increase in greenhouse gas levels, makes it clear that it will be virtually impossible to limit global warming to 1.5C in the next few years.
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UN Chief Scolds Nations for Failing Climate Goals Ahead of COP30 Summit
UN Chief Scolds Nations for Failing Climate Goals Ahead of COP30 Summit (Maria) The author writes, “UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres tore into nations for their failure to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, as Brazil hosted world leaders for a summit ahead of the COP30 climate conference in the rainforest city of Belem. Scientists have confirmed the world is set to cross the 1.5 C warming threshold around 2030, risking extreme warming wi…
The consequences of climate change are becoming increasingly apparent. According to the WHO, with its persistently high temperatures, the second or third warmest year since the industrial revolution could be 2025. UN head Guterres takes the devastating interim assessment as an occasion for a stand-up to the heads of government.
António Guterres made a very pessimistic statement at the Cop30 climate summit.
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World must face 'moral failure' of missing 1.5C: UN chief to COP30
UN chief Antonio Guterres on Thursday said leaders must confront the "moral failure and deadly negligence" of missing the 1.5C climate target and urgently correct course at the COP30 summit.
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