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Global temperatures likely to remain at record levels in 2026-2030, UN says

France24 · 🇫🇷 public France · · 724 words
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Global temperatures likely to remain at record levels in 2026-2030, UN says The UN warned Thursday that global average temperatures would be likely to stay at or near record levels for the 2026-2030 period, with a 75 percent chance that the average…

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What happened

Global temperatures likely to remain at record levels in 2026-2030, UN says The UN warned Thursday that global average temperatures would be likely to stay at or near record levels for the 2026-2030 period, with a 75 percent chance that the average…

Why it matters

Global average temperatures are likely to continue at or near record levels this year and for the next four years afterwards, the United Nations warned Thursday.

Common ground

The 11 hottest individual years ever recorded all happened from 2015 onwards and the UN's weather and climate agency said the trend was set to continue, with a new hottest-ever year "likely" before 2031.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 15 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “There is an El Nino predicted for the end of 2026”
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Multiple sources (CCSR/IRI ENSO plume forecast, WMO update, and a general report) predict an El Niño event for mid-to-late 2026, with probabilities ranging from 80% to 98%.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2014–2016 El Niño was the strongest El Niño event on record, with unusually warm waters developing between the coast of South America and the International Date Line. These unusually warm waters i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014–2016_El_Niño_event
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a global climate phenomenon that emerges from variation in winds and sea surface temperatures over the tropical Pacific Ocean. Those variations have an irregular…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Niño–Southern_Oscillation
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ángel Muñoz García (Spanish: [ˈaŋxel muˈɲoθ ɣaɾˈθia]; born 11 September 1994), better known as by his stage name Jordi El Niño Polla (Spanish: [ˈɟʝoɾði el ˈniɲo ˈpoʎa]; "Jordi 'The Dick Boy'"), often …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordi_El_Niño_Polla
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Claim 2: “The report was produced by Britain's Met Office national weather service and the WMO's lead centre for annual to decadal climate prediction. It compiles forecasts from 13 different institutes.”
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Claim 3: “The 11 hottest individual years ever recorded all happened from 2015 onwards”
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Multiple independent sources, including The Indian Express and a WMO-related report, confirm that the years 2015-2025 are the 11 warmest years on record.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Eleven or 11 may refer to: 11 (number), the natural number following 10 and preceding 12 One of the years 11 BC, AD 11, 1911, 2011
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In numerology, 11:11 is considered to be a significant moment in time for an event to occur. It is seen as an example of synchronicity, as well as a favorable sign or a suggestion towards the presence…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11:11_(numerology)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Visit is a 2015 American found footage horror film written, co-produced and directed by M. Night Shyamalan and starring Olivia DeJonge, Ed Oxenbould, Deanna Dunagan, Peter McRobbie, and Kathryn Ha…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Visit_(2015_American_film)
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Claim 4: “Last year was one of the three warmest years on record, with the globally averaged near-surface temperature estimated at more than 1.43C above the 1850-1900 baseline.”
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Claim 5: “Predicted precipitation patterns for May to September from 2026 to 2030 forecast wet anomalies in the Sahel, northern Europe, Alaska and Siberia, as well as dry anomalies over the Amazon.”
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Claim 6: “It [El Nino] typically takes place every two to seven years and lasts around nine to 12 months.”
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The claim is confirmed by EuroNews, NOAA, and Wikipedia, all stating the frequency is every two to seven years and duration is typically nine to 12 months (or up to two years).
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web search NEUTRAL — El Niño phases are known to happen at irregular intervals of two to seven years, and lasts nine months to two years.[48] The average period length is five years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Niño–Southern_Oscillation
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web search NEUTRAL — El Niño occurs on average every two to seven years, and episodes typically last nine to 12 months. El Nino has its largest impacts during the winter.
https://www.noaa.gov/understanding-el-nino
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web search NEUTRAL — What is El Niño?El Niño is part of the natural climate phenomenon called the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO).It has two opposite states: El Niño and La Niña, both of which significantly alter glob…
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-64192508?xtor=A…
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Claim 7: “El Nino is a natural climate phenomenon that warms surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean”
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Wikipedia's entry on El Niño–Southern Oscillation confirms it is a global climate phenomenon involving variations in sea surface temperatures over the tropical Pacific Ocean.
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web search NEUTRAL — El[a] is a Northwest Semitic word meaning ' god ' or 'deity', or referring (as a proper name) to any one of multiple major ancient Near Eastern deities. A rarer form, 'ila, represents the predicate fo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_(deity)
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web search NEUTRAL — Jul 7, 2025 · Master the Spanish pronoun "él" with clear grammar rules, pronunciation tips, real-life usage examples, and native insights to boost your communication skills.
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web search NEUTRAL — Learn Difference between él and el in Spanish (he or the) and get fluent faster with Kwiziq Spanish. Access a personalised study list, thousands of test questions, grammar lessons and reading, writing…
https://spanish.kwiziq.com/revision/grammar/difference-betwe…
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Claim 8: “it is considered exceptionally unlikely – less than one percent – that any single year will exceed 2C above the pre-industrial baseline in the next five years.”
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Claim 9: “The last El Nino contributed to making 2023 the second-hottest year on record and 2024 the all-time high at around 1.55C above the pre-industrial average.”
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WMO confirms 2024 as the warmest year on record at approximately 1.55°C above pre-industrial levels, and other sources identify 2023 as the previous record holder (second-hottest).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2023–24 NBA season was the 78th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The regular season began on October 24, 2023, and ended on April 14, 2024. The NBA held their first-ever in-sea…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023–24_NBA_season
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza war is an armed conflict in the Gaza Strip and Israel, fought as part of the unresolved Israeli–Palestinian and Gaza–Israel conflicts. The war began on 7 October 2023, when the Palestinian mi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An ongoing conflict between the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and Israel began on 8 October 2023, when Hezbollah launched rockets and artillery at Israeli positions following Hamas's October 7 att…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah–Israel_conflict_(202…
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Claim 10: “The WMO said there was a 91 percent chance that global average temperatures will temporarily exceed 1.5C above the pre-industrial baseline for at least one year between 2026 and 2030.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results specifically mentioning a '91 percent chance' for the 1.5C threshold between 2026 and 2030, although other probabilities (75%, 86%) were mentioned.
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Claim 11: “It is likely (86 percent chance) that one year between 2026 and 2030 will surpass 2024 as the warmest year on record.”
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Two independent sources report the 86% probability that at least one year between 2026 and 2030 will surpass 2024 as the warmest year.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2030 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXIV Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Amdavad 2030 or Ahmedabad 2030, is a planned multi-sport event scheduled to take place in Ahmedabad, …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2030 FIFA World Cup will be the 24th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament will b…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2030_FIFA_World_Cup
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The list of members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2026–2030) is the list of members of the National Assembly – the unicameral legislative body of Hungary – according to the outcome of the Hunga…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_Nationa…
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Claim 12: “Arctic temperatures over the next five northern hemisphere winters (November to March) were predicted to be 2.8C above average temperatures for 1991-2020”
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Claim 13: “Annual global mean near-surface temperatures during 2026-2030 are predicted to range between 1.3C and 1.9C above the 1850-1900 average”
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Although the 'Evidence for claim 8' section was empty, the evidence provided for Claim 1 and Claim 2 explicitly contains the text: 'Annual global mean near-surface temperatures during 2026-2030 are predicted to range between 1.3°C and 1.9°C above the 1850-1900 average'.
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Claim 14: “There is a 75 percent chance that the 2026-2030 five-year average temperature will surpass the key threshold of 1.5C above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial average”
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Two independent web sources explicitly state there is a 75% chance that the five-year average for 2026-2030 will exceed 1.5°C above the 1850-1900 average.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2030 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXIV Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Amdavad 2030 or Ahmedabad 2030, is a planned multi-sport event scheduled to take place in Ahmedabad, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2030_Commonwealth_Games
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2030 FIFA World Cup will be the 24th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament will b…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2030_FIFA_World_Cup
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The list of members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2026–2030) is the list of members of the National Assembly – the unicameral legislative body of Hungary – according to the outcome of the Hunga…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_Nationa…
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Claim 15: “The 2015 Paris climate accords aimed to limit global warming to well below 2C above pre-industrial levels – and preferably below 1.5C.”
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Both Wikipedia and the official United Nations website confirm the Paris Agreement's goal to keep warming well below 2°C and preferably below 1.5°C.
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web search NEUTRAL — However, the Paris Agreement refers to a long-term average temperature increase typically measured over several decades. So a short-term increase of this nature does not yet imply that we have crossed…
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/grantham/publications/background-…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Paris Agreement is an international treaty on climate change that was signed in 2016. The treaty covers climate change mitigation, adaptation, and finance. The Paris Agreement was negotiated by 19…
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web search NEUTRAL — Key elements of the Paris Agreement. To keep global temperatures well below 2C (3.6F) above pre-industrial times while pursuing means to limit the increase to 1.5C. To review countries’ contribution t…
https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/paris-agreement
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