António Guterres declared a global climate emergency after the decade ending in 2025 was confirmed as the hottest on record.The World Meteorological Organization reports a massive energy imbalance caused by record-high greenhouse gas concentrations.Oceans absorbed over 90 percent of this excess heat leading to record-high marine temperatures and rising global sea levels.Scientists expect a transition to El Niño will likely push global temperatures beyond the limits of the
Paris Agreement.