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UN weather agency marks anniversary with dire warning about heating planet

Stark climate warnings come ahead of this year's World Meteorological Day, observed on Saturday, with the UN's weather agency confirming that global temperatures had "smashed" heat records in 2023 – raising ocean temperatures and melting glaciers faster than before. Even hotter conditions are expected for the year ahead.

Radio France Internationale

Planet 'On The Brink', With New Heat Records Likely In 2024: UN

"There is a high probability that 2024 will again break the record of 2023", WMO climate monitoring chief Omar Baddour told reporters.

Latin Times

UN Warns Planet 'On The Brink' After Warmest Decade On Record

Global temperatures "smashed" heat records last year, as heatwaves stalked oceans and glaciers suffered record ice loss, the United Nations said Tuesday -- warning 2024 was likely to be even hotter.

International Business Times

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World Meteorological Organisation confirms 2023 as ‘hottest year’

2023 confirmed as hottest year on record by WMO, highlighting urgent need for global climate action.

The Hindu

‘Red alert’: last year was hottest on record by clear margin, says UN report

Records being broken for greenhouse gas pollution, surface temperatures and ocean heat

The Guardian - UK

2023-24 El Nino among five strongest on record, will continue fuelling heat in 2024: WMO

The 2023-24 El Nino has peaked as one of the five strongest on record and will continue to impact global climate in the coming months despite a weakening trend, the World Meteorological Organisation said.

The Hindu

What are nacreous clouds?

Learn more about nacreous clouds, also known as polar stratospheric clouds. We take a look at how these colorful clouds form and why they're so rare.

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UN Confirms Europe Hit Record High Temperature In 2021

The World Meteorological Organisation confirmed on Tuesday that continental Europe recorded in 2021 its highest ever temperature of 48.8 degrees Celsius (119.8 Fahrenheit), and warned that new extremes were expected.

International Business Times

‘Off the charts’: 2023 was hottest year ever recorded globally, US scientists confirm

New analysis confirms ‘unprecedented’ record reported by European Union and United Nations scientists

The Guardian - US

World's carbon emissions could start to fall for first time in 2024

Global carbon emissions may have peaked in 2023 – the hottest year in history – as efforts to step up renewable energy and step back from fossil fuels show signs of promise.

Radio France Internationale

2023 proved climate change is here

This sizzling year shattered records related to heat, sea ice and more. And the future could get even hotter

Salon

Climate Change By Numbers

As countries try to hammer out a response to climate change at the COP28 talks in Dubai, here are some key figures about how fossil fuels have warmed our world.

International Business Times

UN agency cites worrying warming trend as COP28 summit grapples with curbing climate change

The U.N. weather agency is reporting that glaciers shrank more than ever from 2011 and 2020 and the Antarctic ice sheet lost 75 percent more compared to the previous ten years, as it released its latest stark report about the fallout on the planet from climate change

The Independent UK

As climate crisis reaches pivotal moment, what on earth are world leaders waiting for?

2023 is officially the hottest year on record. World leaders gathering today in Dubai for the UN Climate Change Conference already know what they must do to reverse global warming but, as King Charles is set to warn them, this must be a ‘critical turning point’. Senior climate correspondent Louise…

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U.N. Climate Change Conference Opens During Hottest Year on Record

It seems unlikely that activists' demands to "keep 1.5 alive" will be met.

Radio France Internationale

UN confirms 2023 set to be hottest year ever recorded

As the Cop28 climate conference opens in Dubai, the United Nations weather agency has warned that 2023 has broken several climate records and is set to be the hottest ever recorded.

The Independent UK

‘Deafening cacophony of broken records’ as 2023 set to be hottest year on record

Searing temperatures, floods, wildfires and crop failure have been wrecking lives across the world with conditions expected to worsen

International Business Times

2023 Set To Be Hottest Year On Record: UN

This year is set to be the hottest ever recorded, the UN said Thursday, demanding urgent action to rein in global warming and stem the havoc following in its wake.

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Evening Standard

Record killer heat warning as world leaders gather for Cop28

July was probably the hottest month on land in the last 120,000 years, say experts

The Independent UK

UN weather agency says 2023 is the hottest year on record, warns of further climate extremes ahead

The U.N. weather agency says 2023 is all but certain to be the hottest year on record, and warning of worrying trends that suggest increasing floods, forest fires, glacier melt, and heat waves in the future

The Guardian - UK

‘Climate collapse in real time’: UN head António Guterres urges Cop28 to act

World Meteorological Organization says 2023 will be hottest year on record, leaving ‘trail of devastation and despair’

The Guardian - UK

Climate-heating gases reach record highs, UN reports

World Meteorological Organization sees ‘no end in sight to the rising trend’, largely driven by fossil fuel burning

Salon

Most countries can’t access climate data

A report finds only 23 percent of countries use climate data to inform their public health strategies

The Guardian - UK

World ill-prepared to stop climate crisis reversing progress on health, says study

UN meteorological body finds health experts have access to heat warning services in only half of affected countries

Evening Standard

Climate change 'threatens to reverse decades of progress on human health'

UN weather agency warns of heightened risk of disease and heat deaths

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