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There is a 66% chance that the annual average near-surface global temperature will be more than 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels for at least one year between 2023 and 2027.
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WMO secretary general urges world to 'pick up the pace' on climate action as sea levels continue to rise
In due course, up to 118 million extremely poor people in Africa will be exposed to drought, floods, extreme heat and other maladies.
Date Time WMO head is named European of Year by Readers Digest World Meteorological Organization Secretary-General Professor Petteri Taalas has been named “European of the Year” by Readers Digest magazine for his role in galvanizing action on climate change. Each year Reader’s Digest editors in Europe nominate a shortlist of Europeans who have had a major influence on a pressing contemporary issue and are helping to make the world a better place. The award recognizes Prof Taalas’s prominent role in Europe and at international level in in efforts to tackle climate change and its impact...