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New Delhi, June 23, 2025 – Asia is heating up nearly twice as fast as the global average, placing the region at the center of escalating climate risks, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warned in its newly released “State of the Climate in Asia 2024” report. The findings underscore that 2024 was among the warmest years on record for the continent, with widespread and prolonged heatwaves devastating ecosystems and economies alike.According to the report, the warming trend from 1991 to 2024 was nearly double that of the 1961–1990 period. The WMO highlighted alarming changes in sea surface temperatures, which reached…