Noting that the decade 2000-2009 was warmest ever recorded, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has said that 2009 was the fifth-warmest year since climate records began in 1850.

In a report on its 60th anniversary, the UN weather agency said the nineties were warmer than the eighties.The report showed that the decade 2000-2009 was warmest ever recorded.