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UN agency: 2M killed, $4.3 trillion in damages from extreme weather over past half-century

The U.N. weather agency reported Monday that nearly 12,000 extreme weather, climate and water-related events over much of the past half-century around the globe have killed more than 2 million people and caused economic damage of $4.3 trillion

The Independent UK

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.

Al Jazeera

Explained | Global warming will likely soon cross 1.5º C. What will it mean for India?

Global warming is linearly proportional to the amount of carbon dioxide that has been accumulated since the Industrial Revolution. Given the estimated emissions for 2023-2027, the WMO prediction indicates continued cooling over India, with excess rainfall in both summer and winter seasons.

The Hindu

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Where is the coldest place on Earth?

There are some bone-chilling places on Earth, but what is the lowest temperature ever recorded and where was it?

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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El Niño is likely returning, bringing danger for California and the world. ‘We need to be prepared’

LOS ANGELES — It’s Earth’s original disrupter — a recurring climate pattern so powerful that it can drive global average temperature to record highs, and generate both cliff-crumbling storms and crop-destroying droughts across the planet.

Los Angeles Times

Warming warning: On the World Meteorological Organization projections for temperature trends

India will be severely tested due to changes in the global climate

The Hindu

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1.5-degree warming is all but here. Here’s how businesses can react

Global temperatures are likely to surge to record levels in the next five years, leading companies to get proactive on their climate policies.

Fortune

What is the 1.5°C climate target and why does it matter? Top UK experts say world will miss limit

Coral reefs could vanish if the world keeps hotting up

Evening Standard

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

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

Daily Mirror

Global warming hurtling towards key 1.5C limit 'in next few years', scientists warn

The landmark study also warned there is a 98 per cent the planet will record its hottest year ever between now and 2027.

Daily Record

What are El Niño and La Niña? Heatwave continues but UK could be set for an icy blast

The summer temperatures will continue around the country this week, but could the ‘beast from the east’ be lurking?

Evening Standard

'Global temperatures set to reach new records in next five years'

\'Global temperatures set to reach new records in next five years\'

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World likely to see hottest year on record in next 5 years, UN warns

The World Meteorological Organization cites the likely occurrence of El Niño as one reason for the high odds, because it would boost already elevated global average surface temperatures.

Radio France Internationale

Global warming likely to breach 1.5C for first time 'within next five years'

The global temperature is set to break the critical temperature limit of 1.5C within the next five years, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has warned.

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

Al Jazeera

Global warming likely to breach 1.5C threshold for first time

World Meteorological Organization raises alarm, saying at least one of the next five years will be hottest on record.

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UN report says there's a 98 per cent chance one of the next five years will be the hottest ever

Global temperatures are set to break records in the next five years, with a 98 per cent chance one will be the warmest ever recorded, according to a new report from the UN's meteorological agency.

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

Reuters

'More likely than not' world will soon see 1.5C of warming - WMO

For the first time ever, global temperatures are now more likely than not to breach 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) of warming within the next five years, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Wednesday.

Daily Mirror

Warmest year on record for entire world is looming, scientists warn

The new World Meteorological Organization report, produced recently by the Met Office, cites "new temperature records" are expected to be hit within the next five years

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’

The Independent UK

Flirting with climate danger: UN forecasts 2 in 3 chance of briefly hitting key heat limit soon

The United Nations' weather agency says there's a two-out-of-three chance that the world will reach the internationally accepted global temperature threshold for limiting the worst effects of climate change sometime in the next five years

Fortune

A 'chief climate officer'? CEOs are exploring new ways to manage today's risks

Liaising with climate experts will help business leaders make 'no regret decisions.'

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