WMO 2026 Climate Report: Earth’s Energy Balance Is Broken — and the Window to Act Is Narrowing

The WMO’s 2026 State of the Global Climate report confirms 2015–2025 as the hottest eleven years on record, with oceans absorbing 18 times humanity’s annual energy use. From US fossil fuel expansion to European clean energy policy and the surprising climate power of beavers, here is what the data means for our future.