2019 Ends Warmest Decade On Record, State Of The Global Climate Report Warns

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2019 Ends Warmest Decade On Record, State Of The Global Climate Report Warns
As COP25, the United Nation’s climate conference, kicks off in Madrid this week, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has released a provisional statement of its annual State of the Climate Report 2019. It reveals that the last decade has been truly record-breaking in many ways.

2019 concludes a decade of unprecedented record temperatures, retreating ice cover, atmospheric pollution, and high-impact weather driven by human activities, the report notes. Not only is the last decade set to be the warmest on record, but in its last year, the global average temperature was 1.1°C above pre-industrial levels, perilously close to

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[Sheldybett]

Here in New Zealand which is set to be a 4th Warmest year on record after records its hottest ever November and could lead into the warmest decade on record too.