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

The current global economic paradigm of infinite growth based on using up a finite amount of resources, such as fossil fuels, will only deliver a “permanent triple whammy of inflation, climate chaos and conflict”, the UN chief warned on Friday.

Sweltering conditions in Europe have come earlier than expected this year but the bad news is, they’re the shape of things to come.

In Burkina Faso, UN humanitarians on Friday appealed to the international community for help, after attacks by armed groups forced thousands to flee their homes in the east of the country.