In the next five years, Earth is overwhelmingly likely to surge again and again past the international climate threshold set as safe and shatter its hottest-year record along the way, according to new United Nations climate projections.
The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) also forecasts an overheating Arctic that warms nearly 1.66°C between now and 2030 and a dangerous drought with potential wildfires for the Amazon, a crucial part of Earth’s natural defences to lessen human-caused climate change.
