Extreme heat is destroying lives and livelihood, warn scientists as leaders gather for Cop28
The planet is living through its hottest year on record with killer heat and extreme weather destroying lives and livelihoods, experts warned on Thursday as world leaders gathered for the Cop28 climate change summit.
The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said it is virtually certain that 2023 will be the hottest year on record after “a deafening cacophony of broken records”.
July was probably the hottest month on land in the last 120,000 years, scientists believe, and April through to October saw record high monthly temperatures in the oceans.
The early signs
