UN Weather Agency Finds 2017 Will Be Among Top 3 Hottest Years On Record
Source: Associated Press
By JAMEY KEATEN Published NOVEMBER 6, 2017 6:43 AM
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.’s weather and climate agency says 2017 is set to become the hottest year on record aside from those impacted by the El Nino phenomenon.
The World Meteorological Organization says this year is already on track to be one of the three hottest years of all time, after 2015 and 2016, which were both affected by a powerful El Nino effect, which can contribute to higher temperatures.
Last year set a record for the Earth’s average global temperature.
The warning was timed for Monday’s start of the latest U.N. climate change conference, hosted this year by Bonn, Germany. Some 25,000 scientists, envoys, lobbyists and environmental activists have descended on the city for two week of trying to figure out how to turn the goals of the 2015 Paris climate change accord into reality.
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