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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Damian Carrington Environment editor

World almost certain to endure record hot year by 2030, UN warns

A man carries a plastic bucket across the cracked bed of a dried-up pond
Southern Vietnam in 2024, the hottest year ever recorded globally. Photograph: Nhac Nguyen/AFP/Getty Images

A record-breaking hot year is almost certain by 2030 as the climate crisis intensifies, the UN’s World Meteorological Organization has warned.

With an El Niño event expected later this year, the global temperature record could fall as soon as 2027.

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