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- UN climate report confirms: 2024 caps "decade of deadly heat" as world's hottest year on record
UN climate report confirms: 2024 caps "decade of deadly heat" as world's hottest year on record
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This assessment is based on the continued rise in greenhouse gas emissions, which have reached new record highs, as stated by the World Meteorological Organization. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres describes the current period as a "decade of deadly heat", highlighting the severe consequences of climate change.
Intense heat scorched dozens of countries, with temperatures topping 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit) on a number of occasions. Wildfireswreaked devastation.
Climate change plays out before our eyes on an almost daily basis.
We must exit this road to ruin — and we have no time to lose.
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