COP31 held in Türkiye, UN Secretary-General: The world has entered an era of extreme climate

United Nations Secretary-General Guterres warned today that the world has entered a new situation in which extreme weather has become the norm, and called on leaders attending the 31st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP31) in Turkey to "take a serious approach."

Agence France-Presse reported that Antonio Guterres pointed out in a statement that man-made climate change has overheated the earth, and now with the addition of El Nino, "we have entered a new era of extreme climate."

As world leaders gathered in Antalya, Turkey for the United Nations climate summit, Guterres called on them to "response seriously to speed up emissions reductions, accelerate a just transition away from fossil fuels, and provide vulnerable countries with the financing and protection they need."

The United Nations World Meteorological Organization (WMO) stated that the past 12 years have all ranked among the 12 hottest years on record, and this year is expected to be one of the hottest years.

World Meteorological Organization Secretary-General Celeste Saulo told reporters in Geneva that the current unusually strong El Niño phenomenon may continue high temperatures and extreme weather into next year.

The organization pointed out that the global average surface temperature from January to September this year was about 1.47 degrees Celsius higher than the pre-industrial average.

John Kennedy, director of climate information at the World Meteorological Organization, told reporters that preliminary data shows that this year will be one of the four hottest years on record, but as the El Niño phenomenon develops, this year may be close to the hottest level.

The organization also mentioned that global sea levels have reached record highs, freshwater resources are dwindling, and glaciers have continued to retreat for a long time. The amount of ice lost throughout last year was enough to fill five Olympic-sized swimming pools every second.

In terms of positive development, the World Meteorological Organization affirmed that the number of countries with complex disaster early warning systems has increased significantly, from 55 countries in 2015 to 136 countries last year.