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Horn of Africa drought could go on for 5th season: UN weather body

At least 10 million children are suffering in the Horn of Africa as four rainy seasons have failed within two years.

Al Jazeera

Last month was one of the warmest Julys on record, says UN

UN says temperatures nearly half a degree above average last month, as EU monitor records record-low Antarctic sea ice.

Al Jazeera

Hundreds flee wildfires in Greece and Italy as Europe's heat wave set to linger into next week

Extreme weather is "going to be normal and we will see even stronger extremes" due to climate change," UN scientists say.

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European heatwave death toll soars above 1,500 as temperatures soar across continent

Soaring temperatures across Europe have claimed the lives of at least 1,500 people, according to authorities, as the searing heat sees wildfires raging across the continent.

ABC News

Heatwave: What is the hottest temperature ever recorded in the world and where was it?

Temperatures around the world are soaring

Evening Standard

Air quality to degrade with European heat wave, WMO says

The heat wave in Europe will trap atmospheric pollutants, causing the air quality to degrade, especially in towns and cities, an official from the World Meteorological Organization said on Friday.

Reuters

A Somali boy's mission to find food as climate change takes its toll

Each morning in this Somali border town, 11-year-old Bashir Nur Salat plots his day's mission behind a crooked wire fence. Armed with only a friend's yellow school shirt, a borrowed book and toothy grin, he eyes his prize through the mesh: lunch.

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Eco-Crisis: Critical Climate Indicators Climb To Alarming Levels

Rises in greenhouse gasses, sea levels and ocean heat/acidification must be checked to protect the global population, report says.

Zenger

Desertification summit ends with promises to restore a billion hectares of land

The COP15 summit in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, which was focused on desertification and its impacts, closed with commitments by 196 countries to restore one billion hectares of degraded land between now and 2030. They also agreed to enhance drought preparedness, response and resilience.

Radio France Internationale

Texas’ Insane Heat Wave Shows Our Grid Isn’t Ready for Climate Change

As weather gets more extreme and the population booms, ERCOT and state leaders need to get a grip on reality.

Texas Observer

5 extreme weather events recorded in Ireland last year including rare tropical nights

A heatwave of 10 days from July 16 saw record temperatures at 14 of the country’s 25 weather stations

Dublin Live

World’s oceans at most acidic level in 26,000 years, climate report warns

The world's oceans grew to their warmest and most acidic levels on record last year, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Wednesday, as United Nations officials warned that war in Ukraine threatened global climate commitments.

Reuters

Record Northern Ireland temperature highlighted in global WMO report on impacts of escalating climate crisis

Five extreme weather events were recorded across the island of Ireland last year as a result of the crisis

Belfast Live

Climate change benchmarks all set records last year, report finds

Key data released Wednesday underscores how swiftly human activities are reshaping the climate.

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Irish Mirror

Five extreme weather events recorded in Ireland in 2021 due to escalating climate crisis

The World Meteorological Organisation warned in its State of the Global Climate report that four key climate change records were broken in 2021

Radio France Internationale

World Meteorological Organisation warns of catastrophic global climate shift

The United Nations weather monitoring body has announced that key climate change indicators set record highs in 2021, warning that the Earth's energy system is driving humanity towards catastrophe.

The Independent UK

UN floats plan to boost renewables as climate worries mount

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is launching a five-point plan to jump-start broader use of renewable energies as the U.N. weather agency reported that greenhouse gas concentrations, ocean heat, sea-level rise, and ocean acidification hit new records last year

The Guardian - UK

Critical climate indicators broke records in 2021, says UN

World Meteorological Organization says extreme weather wreaked heavy toll on human lives

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Key global warming threshold may be crossed in next 5 years, study says

The world is on track to breach a key global warming threshold, according to a new report.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Even Chance World Will Breach 1.5C Warming Within 5 Years, Says UN

There is an even chance that global temperatures will temporarily breach the benchmark of 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels in one of the next five years, the United Nations warned Tuesday. The 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change saw countries agree to cap global warming at "well below" 2C…

Axios

There is a 50% chance a key global warming threshold will be crossed within five years

There is also a 93% chance a new global temperature record will be set in next five years.

Reuters

World could see 1.5C of warming in next five years, WMO reports

The world faces a 50% chance of warming of 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, if only briefly, by 2026, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Monday.

The Hindu

World Meteorological Organisation: ‘Premature to attribute extreme heat solely to climate change’

Heatwaves more intense and are starting earlier than in past in India, says World Meteorological Organisation

The Independent UK

A nasty I of the storm: Ida is 12th I hurricane name retired

Meteorologists are retiring the name Ida from the list of Atlantic hurricane names

The Independent UK

Everyone on the planet needs to be covered by early warning system for extreme weather, says UN secretary general

One in three people globally are still not covered by lifesaving early warning systems

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