Another month, another heat record broken: UN weather agency

Last month saw another extreme weather milestone with the world’s hottest day on recent record registered on 22 July – yet another indication of the extent to which greenhouse gas emissions from human activities are changing our climate, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reported on Wednesday.

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Another month, another heat record broken: UN weather agency

Another climate record: Extreme heat, hurricanes, droughts ravage Latin America and Caribbean

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2023 saw another climate record tumble, with Latin America and the Caribbean registering their hottest ever recorded temperatures, according to the UN’s weather monitoring agency.

‘No end in sight’ to rising greenhouse gas emissions, UN weather agency warns

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Greenhouse gas emissions reached a record high in 2022 with “no end in sight to the rising trend”, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said in a report published on Wednesday.

Scorching ‘new normal’ as world buckles under extreme heat: WMO

18 Aug 2023

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