Crown Prince to lead Kuwait delegation to climate talks in Egypt Delegates listen as Sameh Shoukry, President of the COP27 climate summit, speaks during an opening session at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. (AP) SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Nov 6, (Agencies)
(Bloomberg) A catastrophic acceleration in global warming unleashed “climate chaos” across the planet this year a signal that the window to act is closing, the UN warned on Sunday. Global temperatures in 2022 are likely to end about 1.15C above the average in pre-industrial times, making it the fifth or sixth hottest year on record, according to the provisional State of the Global Climate Report 2022 produced by the UN’s World Meteorological Organization. High heat levels in 2022 were particularly worrying as they happened under the second consecutive year of La Niña conditions, which tend to help keep temperatures low. “The latest State of the Global Climate report is a chronicle of climate chaos,” UN Secretary General António Guterres said in a statement as thousands of diplomats and leaders descended on Egypt for the opening session of the UN’s annual climate summit, known as COP27. “Change is happening with catastrophic speed, devastating lives and livelihoods o
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