The last five years have been the warmest period since meteorological records were recorded.

The World Meteorological Organization says the Earth experienced one of the warmest periods on record from 2015 to 2019. The assessment was released ahead of a United Nations general assembly that will focus on climate change.

The World Meteorological Organization says that between 2015 and 2019, the Earth experienced its warmest period since meteorological records began. The report was released on the eve of a United Nations general assembly, where climate change is one of the main issues.

The head of the World Meteorological Organization, Petri Taalas, said global warming was continuing, with the past five years among the warmest on record. He urged the climate summit at the United Nations General Assembly in New York to include measures to drastically reduce greenhouse gases.

Global warming and severe climate change

The Earth has been warming by 20 percent between 2015 and 2019 compared to 2011 and 1.1 degrees Celsius since the pre-industrial era, according to current data. At the same time, sea levels have risen due to the increasing melting of ice in the Arctic and other parts of the world in recent years. Storms and floods have become more frequent than in the past.

Greenhouse gas production has broken records.

According to the World Meteorological Organization, the amount of greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere has increased at a rate unprecedented in human history. Tests conducted between 2015 and 2019 show that the amount of air and water pollution with carbon dioxide, methane and other pollutants has broken records. Carbon dioxide gas remains in the Earth's atmosphere for several hundred years. This gas has a longer lifespan in the oceans, which means that the global warming process continues. The World Meteorological Organization has been conducting these measurements until July this year.