The global average temperature from 2015 to 2019 is the highest of any five-year period on record. "Currently, we are estimated to be 1.1°C above the pre-industrial era (1850-1900) and +0.2°C above the 2011-2015 period," highlights the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) report "United in Science."
The impacts of the climate crisis are not felt equally everywhere; coastal areas are threatened before other regions. "Some countries feel certain effects, such as more intense heat waves or more severe flooding, sooner than others," the Report states.
