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24%
4 of 17 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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World entering ‘age of climate extremes’: UN chief
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World → enter → extremes
The world is entering a new reality where climate extremes are the norm, the United Nations (UN) chief Antonio Guterres warned on Nov 9, urging leaders at the COP31 climate conference in Turkey to “get serious”.
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Guterres → enter → Turkey
“A supersized El Nino is colliding with a planet already superheated by man-made climate change,” the UN secretary-general said in a statement.
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general → collide → statement
“We have entered a new age of climate extremes.”
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We → enter → extremes
As leaders gathered in Antalya for the UN climate summit, Guterres called on them to “get serious by cutting emissions faster, accelerating a just transition from fossil fuels and delivering the finance and protection vulnerable countries need”.
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countries → gather → finance
His statement came as the UN’s World Meteorological Organization (WMO) released a report indicating that 2026 has continued a streak of exceptional global temperatures, melting ice and rising sea levels.
Each of the past 12 years have been among the hottest 12 years on record, the agency said, with 2026 expected to be among the hottest ever.
‘Off the charts’
“What we are seeing gives new meaning to the phrase off the charts,” WMO chief Celeste Saulo told reporters in Geneva, cautioning that the current exceptionally strong El Nino could unleash more heat and extreme weather well into 2027.
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Nino → come → 2027
“We should prepare for another record-breaking year in 2027.”
The global average surface temperature between January and September 2026 was around 1.47 deg C above the pre-industrial average, the WMO said.
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WMO → prepare → average
And the El Nino in 2026 – expected to be the strongest since 1950 at least – could push the figure higher by the end of the year.
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Nino → expect → year
Preliminary data shows 2026 figuring among the four hottest years on record, WMO climate information chief John Kenned told reporters, adding though that “with the El Nina developing, we might see when the final numbers come in that we’re close to the top”.
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we → show → top
The naturally occurring weather phenomenon releases heat from the ocean, which 2026 has been the warmest ever measured, Saulo pointed out.
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Saulo → occur → ocean
El Nino is declared when the sea surface temperature is half a degree above average in the tropical Pacific, but from now through January, WMO forecasts “it may be 3.8C above average”, she said.
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she → declare → average
The WMO also reported that the global sea level was the highest on record, freshwater was dwindling and glaciers were continuing a long-term retreat.
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glaciers → report → retreat
In 2025, the annual mass loss of ice was enough to fill five Olympic pools every second that year, it said.
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it → fill → pools
At the same time, “we are supercharging our weather and El Nino will be a risk multiplier”, Saulo said, warning that “heatwaves, tropical cyclones, and rainstorms are intensifying faster than our historical baselines prepared us for”.
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baselines → supercharge → us
On a positive note, the WMO hailed a significant increase of countries with essential multi-hazard early warning systems in place, from 55 in 2015 to 136 in 2025.
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WMO → hail → 2025
It urged the COP31 to ensure more investment in the sustained global observations, data-gathering and forecasting needed for such systems to work.
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systems → urge → observations
“We cannot afford to fly blind,” Saulo said.
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Saulo → afford → ?
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