2023 set to be hottest year ever: UN
The Hindu
UN: 2023 set to be hottest year on record, with "devastation and despair" in its wake. Record-high greenhouse gas levels, global temps, sea level rise, and Antarctic sea ice.
This year is set to be the hottest ever recorded, the UN said on November 30, demanding urgent action to rein in global warming and stem the havoc following in its wake.
The UN's World Meteorological Organization warned that 2023 had shattered a whole host of climate records, with extreme weather leaving "a trail of devastation and despair".
"It's a deafening cacophony of broken records," said WMO chief Petteri Taalas.
"Greenhouse gas levels are record high. Global temperatures are record high. Sea level rise is record high. Antarctic sea ice is record low."
The WMO published its provisional 2023 State of the Global Climate report as world leaders gathered in Dubai for the UN COP-28 climate conference, amid mounting pressure to curb planet-heating greenhouse gas pollution.
United Nations chief Antonio Guterres said the record heat findings "should send shivers down the spines of world leaders".
The stakes have never been higher, with scientists warning that the ability to limit warming to a manageable level is slipping through humanity's fingers.
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