Sustainability Magazine April 2026 | Page 13

STATE OF THE GLOBAL CLIMATE 2025

Source: World Meteorological Organization

90 %

OF THE EXTRA HEAT TRAPPED BY GREENHOUSE GASES IS ABSORBED BY THE OCEAN

2025 WAS

1.43 ° C

ABOVE THE 1850-1900 AVERAGE

The ocean has been absorbing

18x the annual human energy use each year

for the past two decades

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