The Earth is dangerously overheated and the pace of climate change is accelerating, according to a report from the World Meteorological Organization, which the authors of the study presented at the UN climate summit on Monday.

The WMO's 2024 Climate Report says that over the past decade, Earth's temperatures have been on record warm, as scientists had predicted. The study's author, Celeste Saulo, notes that scientists have been talking about global warming for more than 30 years, but the only surprising thing is how slowly the world has responded.

The meteorological organization's study is based on the Copernicus database of the European Union's climate change service. According to Copernicus' forecast, 2024 will be a record-breaking year.

At COP29 in Baku, experts have already noted that this indicator has already increased by 1.3 degrees compared to the pre-industrial average temperature. According to them, the planet is experiencing an unprecedented increase in ocean surface temperatures, melting ice caps, droughts and severe floods. Conference attendees also agreed that the forecast is bleak – despite the fact that greenhouse gas emissions are decreasing across Europe, the pace of global growth is still maintained.

Delegations from dozens of countries will discuss ways to address the problems of rising carbon dioxide emissions and global warming at the UN Climate Summit.

In October 2024, the average temperature on the European continent was 10.83 degrees, which is 1.23 higher than the 1991-2020 average.