With this current rate, the Paris Agreement’s limit of 1.5ºC for global warming could be breached by 2030—over a decade earlier than predicted. More days with ‘strong heat stress’Although 2025 as a whole did not break the temperature record, January 2025 was the warmest January ever recorded. The consequences of rising global temperatures are felt particularly during heatwaves, which are made more intense and more likely by continued global warming, she added. El Nino tends to have a warming effect on global temperatures, superimposed on long-term human-caused global warming, whereas La Nina tends to have the opposite effect. “The Paris Agreement and international action are to get to net zero as quickly as possible to reduce emissions and to reduce global warming.

Source: The Star January 30, 2026 03:09 UTC