Record-breaking heat likely to continue in 2025, accelerating climate change
Voice of America
FILE - Stephanie Touissaint, foreground, uses a fan to keep cool in the sweltering heat at Eiffel Tower Stadium during a beach volleyball match between Cuba and Brazil at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, July 30, 2024. World Meteorological Organization Secretary-General Celeste Saulo speaks about the state of the climate during a press conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, March 19, 2024. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP) A boy carries a roofing sheet on the beach in the aftermath of Cyclone Chido, in Passamainty, Mayotte, Dec. 20, 2024. Residents walk near cars that floodwaters left piled up in eastern Spain, Oct. 30, 2024.
The World Meteorological Organization warns this year's record-breaking heat is likely to continue in 2025, further accelerating climate change and leading to catastrophic consequences if urgent action is not taken to stem the "human activities" behind this looming disaster.
