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1.5-degree warming is all but here. Here’s how businesses can react

Global temperatures are likely to surge to record levels in the next five years, leading companies to get proactive on their climate policies.

Fortune

What is the 1.5°C climate target and why does it matter? Top UK experts say world will miss limit

Coral reefs could vanish if the world keeps hotting up

Evening Standard

Global warming will likely cross dangerous 1.5 C threshold within 5 years, UN report warns

The U.N. weather agency has warned that El Niño and human-caused climate change will likely push temperatures into "uncharted territory."

LiveScience

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Three areas in Europe are set for blistering heatwaves - and two are in the UK

A report out today from the University of Oxford's Department of Physics indicates extreme heatwaves - like the UK saw last summer - are likely to become a regular occurrence due to climate change

Daily Mirror

Global warming hurtling towards key 1.5C limit 'in next few years', scientists warn

The landmark study also warned there is a 98 per cent the planet will record its hottest year ever between now and 2027.

Daily Record

What are El Niño and La Niña? Heatwave continues but UK could be set for an icy blast

The summer temperatures will continue around the country this week, but could the ‘beast from the east’ be lurking?

Evening Standard

'Global temperatures set to reach new records in next five years'

\'Global temperatures set to reach new records in next five years\'

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World likely to see hottest year on record in next 5 years, UN warns

The World Meteorological Organization cites the likely occurrence of El Niño as one reason for the high odds, because it would boost already elevated global average surface temperatures.

Axios

Global warming likely to breach 1.5C for first time 'within next five years'

The global temperature is set to break the critical temperature limit of 1.5C within the next five years, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has warned.

Radio France Internationale

Global warming set to break key 1.5°C limit by 2027

World likely to break key temperature limit for the first time over the next few years, scientists predict

Evening Standard

Global warming likely to breach 1.5C threshold for first time

World Meteorological Organization raises alarm, saying at least one of the next five years will be hottest on record.

Al Jazeera

UN report says there's a 98 per cent chance one of the next five years will be the hottest ever

Global temperatures are set to break records in the next five years, with a 98 per cent chance one will be the warmest ever recorded, according to a new report from the UN's meteorological agency.

ABC News

Global temperature 'more likely than not' to hit 1.5C warming in next five years

World leaders agreed to keep the average rise to 1.5C by the end of the century in the Paris Agreement

Wales Online

'More likely than not' world will soon see 1.5C of warming - WMO

For the first time ever, global temperatures are now more likely than not to breach 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) of warming within the next five years, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Wednesday.

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Daily Mirror

Warmest year on record for entire world is looming, scientists warn

The new World Meteorological Organization report, produced recently by the Met Office, cites "new temperature records" are expected to be hit within the next five years

The Guardian - UK

World likely to breach 1.5C climate threshold by 2027, scientists warn

UN agency says El Niño and human-induced climate breakdown could combine to push temperatures into ‘uncharted territory’

The Independent UK

Flirting with climate danger: UN forecasts 2 in 3 chance of briefly hitting key heat limit soon

The United Nations' weather agency says there's a two-out-of-three chance that the world will reach the internationally accepted global temperature threshold for limiting the worst effects of climate change sometime in the next five years

Fortune

A 'chief climate officer'? CEOs are exploring new ways to manage today's risks

Liaising with climate experts will help business leaders make 'no regret decisions.'

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El Niño scorching heatwave threatens severe floods and drought as people urged 'prepare'

El Nino is a global weather event that can dictate the climate for the years to come, and this summer could see its return. The warmer Pacific Ocean could lead to widespread heatwaves

The Independent UK

Early warning, preparedness likely saved thousands of lives during Cyclone Mocha

Early warnings from weather agencies and better preparedness by local governments and aid agencies likely saved thousands of lives during a powerful cyclone that slammed into Bangladesh and Myanmar over the weekend

LiveScience

Significant El Niño event is almost guaranteed this year, experts warn. And it could be a big one.

NOAA researchers have predicted that an ocean-heating event known as El Niño is probably going to arrive in the next few months and persist into 2024.

Reuters

World's largest refugee camp threatened by Bangladesh cyclone

Tropical cyclone Mocha intensified to become "very dangerous" on Friday, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said, warning of violent winds, floods and possible landslides in Bangladesh that could hit the world's biggest refugee camp.

The Guardian - AU

Climate scientists first laughed at a ‘bizarre’ campaign against the BoM – then came the harassment

Former Bureau of Meteorology staff say claims they deliberately manipulated data to make warming seem worse are being fed by a ‘fever swamp’ of climate denial

WEKU

El Niño is coming. Here's what that means for weather in the U.S.

Warmer sea waters have many far-ranging effects. In the new pattern, some parts of the U.S. could get relief from drought, while others might see fewer hurricanes.

Radio France Internationale

UN warns of new heat records as El Nino expected to return

Forecasters from the UN’s World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) say the chances of an El Nino global weather event happening by the end of the summer have risen, bringing with it the risk of new record-breaking temperatures.

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