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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Robin McKie Science editor

Global boiling, mass flooding and Trump: 10 big talking points for Cop29

Holidaymakers relax on a beach at Viña del Mar on Chile’s Pacific coast under a sky darkened by forest fires.
Holidaymakers relax on a beach at Viña del Mar on Chile’s Pacific coast under a sky darkened by forest fires. Photograph: Martin Thomas/AP

It has been a remarkable year for meteorological mayhem with intense heatwaves and storms of extreme intensity battering many parts of our planet. Last month these culminated in the devastating floods that struck eastern Spain and killed hundreds.

Ahead of this week’s Cop29 summit, scientists believe disasters like these are becoming more frequent because major changes in our climate are occurring as emissions from the burning of fossil fuel continue to rise.

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