UN warns world has entered 'new age of climate extremes'

At COP31 in Antalya, UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged leaders to "get serious" on climate, warning the world has entered a new era of climate extremes. The WMO reported 2026 extends a 12-year streak of record heat, sea-level rise and ice melt, and cautioned that a record-strength El Niño could make 2027 even hotter.