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Added on the 26/01/2016 07:35:24 - Copyright : Reuters EN
Days before international climate talks will take place in Paris, a United Nations agency has announced that climate change is to blame for extreme weather this year, and temperatures have reached record-breaking highs.
The years from 2015 to 2021 are on track to be the seven hottest on record, the secretary-general of the World Meteorological Organization says during a press conference at the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow. SOUNDBITE
"I still have more high probability for 2024 to break the record," explains the World Meteorological Organization's (WMO) chief of climate monitoring, Omar Baddour, during a presentation of the annual State of the Climate report. "January was the warmest January on record (...) we have already signs of going through a very warm year in 2024," he adds. SOUNDBITE
The city of Phoenix breaks a 49-year-old record with its 19th consecutive day of temperatures of 43.3 Celsius (110 Fahrenheit) or higher according to weather officials. IMAGES
Images of sunrise in London on Tuesday as the UK faces another day of soaring temperatures. In Britain, forecasters said the current national record of 38.7 degrees Celsius (102 degrees Fahrenheit) could be broken and 40C breached for the first time, with experts blaming climate change and predicting more frequent extreme weather to come. IMAGES