Climate crisis: past eight years were the eight hottest ever, says UN

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Report at Cop27 shows the world is now deep into the climate emergency, with the 1.5C heating limit ‘barely within reach’

A woman holds a dog in her arms as forest fires approach the village of Pefki on Evvia, Greece's second largest island, in August as the region suffered its worst heatwave in decades, which experts have linked to climate change.
Forest fires approach the village of Pefki on Evia, Greece’s second-largest island, in August during the worst heatwave in decades.Photograph: Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP/Getty Images

Damian CarringtonEnvironment editor

@dpcarringtonSun 6 Nov 2022 07.00 EST

The past eight years were the eight hottest ever recorded, a new UN report has found, indicating the world is now deep into the climate crisis. The internationally agreed 1.5C limit for global heating is now “barely within reach”, it said.

The report, by the UN’sWorld Meteorological Organization(WMO), sets out how record high greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are driving sea level and ice melting to new highs and supercharging extreme weather from Pakistan to Puerto Rico.

The stark assessment was published on the opening day of the UN’sCop27climate summit in…

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