Fiji, Nov. 7 -- World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) Secretary-General Celeste Saulo has warned that 2025 is on track to be among the hottest years ever recorded, with global temperatures rising dangerously close to the limits set by the Paris Agreement.

Speaking at the General Plenary of the Belem Climate Summit, Saulo said the latest State of the Climate Update 2025 paints a stark picture of accelerating global warming.

"I stand before you today with the hard truth, as Secretary General Guterres has just said. We cannot defy the laws of physics. Science does not lie. The alarming streak of exceptional temperatures continues," she said.

According to the WMO report, the average global temperature between January and August 2025 was ...