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Sunbathers relax in the sunshine on Bournemouth beach on the south coast of England on May 26, 2026, as heatwave conditions spread to parts of southeast England and London.
Average global temperatures are forecast to reach near-record levels in the next five years, with Arctic temperatures expected to warm faster than other regions, a report by the UN weather agency and the UK's Met Office said on Thursday.
The annual report which gives regional predictions for temperatures and rain predicts that annual global mean near-surface temperatures will range between 1.3-C and 1.9-C above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial period.
"There's very clear evidence that the climate is warming and that the global average temperature is continuing to rise," Melissa Seabrook, a research scientist at the UK Met Office, told Reuters.
