NEW DELHI — The Earth experienced its hottest day in at least 84 years, with the global average temperature reaching a record high of 17.09 degrees Celsius on July 21, according to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S). This follows a series of monthly heat records — June marked the 12th consecutive month […]
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January was world’s warmest on record, EU scientists say
BRUSSELS — The world just experienced its hottest January on record, continuing a run of exceptional heat fuelled by climate change, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said on Thursday. Last month surpassed the previous warmest January, which occurred in 2020, in C3S’s records going back to 1950. The exceptional month came after […]
New green industrial age needed to achieve climate targets: UN
UNITED NATIONS — Amid growing food and energy crises, an uncertain global economic outlook, and the escalating impacts of climate change, the UN has said that a sustainable industrial transformation is needed to close the widening development gap among countries, meet climate targets and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. The 2023 Financing for Sustainable Development […]