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Cop28: anger after record number of fossil fuel lobbyists given access to summit – as it happened

Coalition of climate NGOs highlights that there are more fossil fuel lobbyists than delegates from 10 most climate-vulnerable countries combined

The Guardian - UK

UN confirms 2023 set to be hottest year ever recorded

As the Cop28 climate conference opens in Dubai, the United Nations weather agency has warned that 2023 has broken several climate records and is set to be the hottest ever recorded.

Radio France Internationale

2023 Set To Be Hottest Year On Record: UN

This year is set to be the hottest ever recorded, the UN said Thursday, demanding urgent action to rein in global warming and stem the havoc following in its wake.

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Record killer heat warning as world leaders gather for Cop28

July was probably the hottest month on land in the last 120,000 years, say experts

Evening Standard

UN weather agency says 2023 is the hottest year on record, warns of further climate extremes ahead

The U.N. weather agency says 2023 is all but certain to be the hottest year on record, and warning of worrying trends that suggest increasing floods, forest fires, glacier melt, and heat waves in the future

The Independent UK

UN says greenhouse gases in atmosphere hit record high in 2022

Leader of UN’s meteorological agency says the world is still ‘heading in the wrong direction’ and must cut fossil fuels.

Al Jazeera

Libya floods: Death toll soars to 11,300, over 10,000 listed missing

The death toll in Derna, a coastal city in Libya, has risen to 11,300 as search efforts continue in the wake of a catastrophic flood caused by the breaching of two dams after heavy rains, Al Jazeera reported citing The Libyan Red Crescent. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Flooding death toll soars to 11,300 in Libya’s coastal city of Derna

A further 10,100 people are reported missing in Libya’s Mediterranean city after a storm caused devastating flooding.

Al Jazeera

Rescue teams in Libya's flood-hit Derna search for thousands still missing

Emergency teams on Friday kept up their search for the thousands still posted as missing from the tsunami-sized flash flood that swept the Libyan port city of Derna, killing at least 4,000 people.

Radio France Internationale

Functioning weather service may have prevented Libya flood casualties: WMO

WMO boss says many people could have been saved if divided country had a normally operating meteorological service.

Al Jazeera

Record-breaking heat bakes US, Europe, China

WASHINGTON: Summer has just begun in the Northern Hemisphere but a brutal heat wave is already gripping parts of Europe, China and the United States, where record temperatures expected this weekend are a stark illustration of the dangers of a warming climate.

Bangkok Post

El Niño is officially here and may cause temperature spikes and major weather events, scientists warn

The World Meteorological Organization has declared the onset of El Niño conditions in the tropical Pacific, leading to surging temperatures and disruptive weather that could threaten lives.

Space

UN warns world to prepare for El Nino impact

GENEVA: The United Nations on Tuesday warned the world to prepare for the effects of El Nino, saying the weather phenomenon that triggers higher global temperatures is set to persist throughout 2023.

Bangkok Post

Climate emergencies killed estimated 16,000 Europeans last year, WMO-EU report released in Dublin finds

"Unfortunately, this cannot be considered a one-off occurrence or an oddity of the climate"

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Extreme weather caused 2 million deaths, $4 trillion in losses in last 50 years, UN says

NEW YORK — Extreme weather has caused 2 million deaths and more than $4 trillion in damages over the last 50 years, according to a United Nations report.

Al Jazeera

Climate change causes 2m deaths in 50 years; poor suffer most: UN

More than 90 percent of deaths caused by disasters worldwide happen in developing countries, UN report finds.

Space

Global warming will likely cross dangerous 1.5 C threshold within 5 years, UN report warns

The U.N. weather agency has warned that El Niño and human-caused climate change will likely push temperatures into "uncharted territory."

LiveScience

Global warming will likely cross dangerous 1.5 C threshold within 5 years, UN report warns

The U.N. weather agency has warned that El Niño and human-caused climate change will likely push temperatures into "uncharted territory."

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Daily Mirror

Three areas in Europe are set for blistering heatwaves - and two are in the UK

A report out today from the University of Oxford's Department of Physics indicates extreme heatwaves - like the UK saw last summer - are likely to become a regular occurrence due to climate change

Evening Standard

Global warming set to break key 1.5°C limit by 2027

World likely to break key temperature limit for the first time over the next few years, scientists predict

Wales Online

Global temperature 'more likely than not' to hit 1.5C warming in next five years

World leaders agreed to keep the average rise to 1.5C by the end of the century in the Paris Agreement

The Guardian - UK

World likely to breach 1.5C climate threshold by 2027, scientists warn

UN agency says El Niño and human-induced climate breakdown could combine to push temperatures into ‘uncharted territory’

WEKU

El Niño is coming. Here's what that means for weather in the U.S.

Warmer sea waters have many far-ranging effects. In the new pattern, some parts of the U.S. could get relief from drought, while others might see fewer hurricanes.

Reuters

Pace of rise in global sea level has doubled -UN climate report

Global sea levels are rising at more than double the pace they did in the first decade of measurements in 1993-2002 and hit a new record high last year, the World Meteorological Organization said on Friday, warning that the trend would continue for millennia.

Radio France Internationale

No chance of saving global glaciers as melt rate goes 'off the charts'

The world's glaciers melted at a dramatic rate last year and saving them is effectively a lost cause, the United Nations reported on Friday, as climate change indicators once again hit record highs.

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