The world is on course for its hottest year on record as the planet is hit with warming from climate change and El Niño.
The warning is from scientists who spoke with the BBC.
It comes as world leaders and negotiators gather in Turkey on Monday for the opening of COP31, the latest UN climate summit.
The independent US research group behind the forecast, Berkeley Earth, says that even with two months of the year left, it is 95 per cent confident that 2026 will surpass the previous record set in 2024.
The impact of rising heat has been felt acutely in recent months by countries attending COP, with extensive wildfires across Europe and the sudden glacier collapse in Nepal, which killed more than 1,000 people.
On Friday, the EU’s Copernicus climate service confirmed that October was the hottest month on record.
