This year is set to be the fourth-hottest on record, according to newly released data from the United Nations’ weather body.

The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Global Climate report said that the average global temperature between January and October 2018 was nearly one degree celsius above the pre-industrial baseline.

WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas warned in a press release that the world is “not on track to meet climate change targets and rein in temperature increases.”

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“It is worth repeating once again that we are the first generation to fully understand climate change and the last generation to be able to do something about it,” he said.

The WMO noted in the report that the 20 warmest years on record have all occurred in the past 22 years, and that the top four have been in the past four years.

The agency report predicted that 2019 could be hotter than 2018, based on the expected El Niño weather phenomenon in the coming months.

The WMO’s report comes after a Trump administration report written by nearly 300 government scientists warned of the dire effects of climate change.

President Trump Donald John TrumpOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Pelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare Trump mocks Biden appearance, mask use ahead of first debate MORE and several of his officials dismissed the findings in the report, with White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders saying the administration’s report was “not based on facts. ... It’s not data-driven.”