00:25Welcome to the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.
00:29for his statement on the state of the World Meteorological Organization.
00:36The report confirmed greenhouse gases' concentrations are higher than 11 times.
00:43It is no longer a coincidence.
00:45Oceans are absorbing epic levels of heat, fueling ever stronger storms.
00:50...organization's annual report on the state of the global climate.
00:55With all that's going on in the world...
00:57...you tend to see a shift of rainfall over the land and a temporary transfer of water from the oceans
01:01to the land,
01:03which leads to a drop or pause in sea level rise.
01:05We saw a similar thing around 2011.
01:09...to get life-saving forecasts in early learning into the hands of the changing climate.
01:15The ocean continues to warm...
01:17...out from the climate system.
01:19There's no gain or loss of energy in the long-term level rise.
01:23Next slide, please.
01:26So how is it faster in recent years?
01:29Now, mass balance is a measure, essentially, of a change in the thickness of these glaciers.
01:33At first, between 2015 and 2025, we experienced the hottest 11 years on record.
01:43In 2025, our glaciers continued to retreat and ice continued to melt.
01:50The warming ocean and melting land-based ice are driving the long-term rise in global mean sea level rise.
01:58The state of the global climate is in a state of emergency.
02:02Planet Earth is being pushed beyond its limits.
02:06Every key climate indicator is flashing red.
02:09That is the clear message of the latest report from the World Meteorological Organization.
02:14The report confirms that the Earth's energy imbalance, the gap between heat absorbed and heat released, is the highest on
02:23record.
02:24In other words, our planet is trapping heat faster than it can shed it.
02:29And in the edge of war, climate stress is also exposing another truce.
02:33Our addiction to fossil fuels is destabilizing both the climate and global security.
02:40Now, more than ever, we must accelerate the just transition to renewable energy.
02:46Renewables deliver climate security, energy security and national security.
02:51Today's report should come with a warning level.
02:54Climate chaos is accelerating and delay is deadly.
02:58The way ahead must be grounded in science, common sense and the courage to act.
03:03However, in the current climate, there is an imbalance.
03:06We have the same amount of incoming energy, but there's less outgoing energy due to the increased concentrations of greenhouse
03:11gases.
03:12And that imbalance, with more energy coming in than going out, means that energy is accumulating in the Earth's system.
03:17So the largest fraction of that absorbed energy is going into the oceans, around 90% of the excess energy
03:23in the climate system.
03:24And this matters because over 3 billion people depend on these marine and coastal resources for their livelihoods.
03:30They're living off the ocean.
03:32And nearly 11% of the global population live on low-lying coasts directly exposed to coastal hazards.
03:37So they're very vulnerable to things like sea level rise.
04:13So they're very vulnerable to things like sea level rise.
04:13So they're very vulnerable to things like sea level rise.
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